Define karyotaxonomy.

Explanation

(i) Chromosomes are the carriers of genetic information .Increased knowledge about the chromosomes  have been used for extensive biosystematic studies and resolving manytaxonomic problems.
(ii) Utilization of the characters and phenomena of cytology problem is known as cytotaxonomy or karyotaxonomy.
(iii) The characters of chromosome such as number,size, morphology and behaviour during meiosis have proved to be of taxonomic value.