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- Title
Karyotype and meiotic analyses of six species in the subtribe Chrysantheminae.
- Authors
Jian Li; Su-Mei Chen; Fa-Di Chen; Wei-Min Fang
- Abstract
The karyotypes and meiotic behaviour of six Chrysantheminae species are investigated. Pyrethrum coccineum (Willd.) Worosch. is a tetraploid, while the other five species ( Argyranthemum frutescens (L.) Sch.-Bip., Opisthopappus taihangensis (Ling) shih, Crossostephium chinense (L.) Makino, Tanacetum vulgare L. and P. parthenium (L.) Sm.) are all diploids. Their karyotypes consist mainly of median centromere and submedian centromere chromosomes, although C. chinense also has two terminal centromere chromosomes, and P. parthenium two subterminal centromere chromosomes. No satellited chromosomes are observed in any of the six species. All the species have a 2A type karyotype, except for P. coccineum which is 3A. The meiotic behaviour in the pollen mother cells (PMCs) of all six species is essentially normal, with metaphase I chromosome pairing configurations in the diploid species predominantly showing 9II, while P. coccineum shows 18II. A low frequency of quadrivalents (and trivalents) and chromosome bridges/lagging chromosomes is observed.
- Subjects
FLORIST'S pyrethrum; KARYOTYPES; CHROMOSOMES; TANACETUM vulgare; PARTHENIUM
- Publication
Euphytica, 2008, Vol 164, Issue 2, p293
- ISSN
0014-2336
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1007/s10681-008-9734-1