Comparison of karyomorphological characters in four Japanese species of Lycopus and Russian L. europaeus, Lamiaceae

  • Funamoto Tsuneo
    Biological Institute, Fundamental Education and Research Center of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Showa Pharmaceutical University
  • Kondo Katsuhiko
    Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Breeding Science, Department of Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture
  • Motohashi Tsuyoshi
    Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Breeding Science, Department of Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture

Description

Resting nuclei, the mitotic prophase and metaphase chromosomes in five species of Lycopus were compared: The resting nuclei were commonly of the complex chromocenter type and the mitotic prophase chromosomes were of the proximal type. Lycopus ramosissimus, L. maackianus, L. unifloru and L. europaeus showed commonly the chromosome number of 2n=22, while L. lucidus showed 2n=66. The chromosome number of 2n=66 in L. lucidus and that of 2n=22 in L. ramosissimus were reported here for the first time, and that of 2n=22 in L. maackianus, L. uniflorus and L. europaeus verified the previous reports. Four species of the genus with 2n=22 could be all diploid and one species with 2n=66 could be hexaploid if the basic chromosome numbers x=11 was accepted.

Journal

  • Chromosome Botany

    Chromosome Botany 4 (3), 71-77, 2009

    International Society of Chromosome Botany

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Details 詳細情報について

  • CRID
    1390282680260845184
  • NII Article ID
    130000152498
  • DOI
    10.3199/iscb.4.71
  • ISSN
    18818285
    18815936
  • Text Lang
    en
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
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    • CiNii Articles
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    Disallowed

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