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J Plant Res ; 124(1): 25-34, 2011 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20437191

ABSTRACT

Cytogeographical variability among 564 plants from 26 populations of Turnera sidoides subsp. pinnatifida in mountain ranges of central Argentina was analysed with meiotic chromosome counts and flow cytometry and is described at regional and local scales. Populations were primarily tetraploids (2n = 4x = 28), although diploid (2n = 2x = 14), hexaploid (2n = 2x = 42), and mixed populations of diploids and triploids (2n = 3x = 21) were also found. Diploids, triploids, and hexaploids were fewer in number and restricted to narrow areas, while tetraploids were the most common and geographically widespread cytotype. Diploids grew at higher altitudes and in colder and wet locations; tetraploids had the broadest ecological spectrum, while hexaploids occurred at the lowest altitudes and in drier conditions. The cytotypes were also spatially segregated at a microgeographical scale. Diploids grew in the piedmont, tetraploids were in the adjacent valley, and in the contact zone of both cytotypes, patches of diploids and triploids were found. At a regional scale, the distribution of the cytotypes may be governed by a combination of ecological and historical variables, while segregation in the contact zone may be independent of the selective environment because the cytotypes are unable to coexist as a result of reproductive exclusion. The role of triploids is also discussed.


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Ecosystem , Genetic Variation , Turnera/cytology , Turnera/genetics , Altitude , Argentina , Chromosomes, Plant/genetics , Climate , Flow Cytometry , Geography , Meiosis , Ploidies , Population Dynamics , Principal Component Analysis
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Protoplasma ; 224(3-4): 211-6, 2004 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15614482

ABSTRACT

Epifluorescence microscopy of mature pollen grains of Turnera ulmifolia and Zantedeschia aethiopica stained with 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole demonstrated the presence of fluorescent cytoplasmic DNA aggregates in the male reproductive cells of both species. Double staining of the cells with 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole and 3,3'-dihexyloxacarbocyanine iodide in Technovit resin sections showed that the mitochondria of these cells did not correspond to the fluorescent cytoplasmic DNA aggregates. Electron microscopy studies revealed both plastids and mitochondria in the cells of these species. In addition, immunoelectron microscopy using an anti-DNA monoclonal antibody showed clear labeling of plastids but not mitochondria. These data provide cytological evidence for biparental plastid inheritance and maternal mitochondrial inheritance in these species.


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Cytoplasm/genetics , DNA, Plant/genetics , Extrachromosomal Inheritance/genetics , Germ Cells/metabolism , Plastids/genetics , Pollen/genetics , Coloring Agents , DNA, Mitochondrial/genetics , Gene Expression Regulation, Plant/genetics , Germ Cells/cytology , Immunohistochemistry , Microscopy, Electron, Transmission , Turnera/cytology , Turnera/genetics , Zantedeschia/cytology , Zantedeschia/genetics
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