Random arrangement of chromosomes inUvularia (Liliaceae) |
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Authors: | Eeva Therman Carter Denniston |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Medical Genetics, University of Wisconsin, 53706 Madison, WI, USA |
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Abstract: | Chromosome arrangement in interphase has been inferred from an analysis of the relative positions of the chromosomes and the chromosome arms in untreated haploid pollen grain metaphases ofUvularia grandiflora. The distances between centromeres forming the smallest possible circle were measured in 43 metaphases. The relative positions of the chromosomes did not differ significantly from randomness. Neither did similar-sized chromosome arms show any tendency to be next to each other. The results thus disagree both with the hypothesis ofComings (1968) that each chromosome occupies a definite position in the interphase nucleus and with the claim ofBennett (1982) that similar-sized chromosome arms lie next to each other. |
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Keywords: | Angiosperms Liliaceae Uvularia Chromosome arrangement |
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