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Karyotype and genome size variation in white-flowered Eranthis sect. Shibateranthis (Ranunculaceae).

ABSTRACT: Comparative karyomorphological analyses of six out of the eight white-flowered species of Eranthissect.Shibateranthis have been carried out. All studied specimens of E.byunsanensis, E.lobulata, E.pinnatifida, and E.stellata had a somatic chromosome number 2n = 16 with basic chromosome number x = 8. On the contrary, E.tanhoensis and E.sibirica had a basic chromosome number x = 7. The specimens of E.tanhoensis were diploid with 2n = 14, while the specimens of E.sibirica were polyploid with 2n = 42. Monoploid chromosome sets of the investigated diploid species had 4-5 metacentric chromosomes and 2-4 submetacentric/subtelocentric/acrocentric chromosomes. The highest level of interchromosomal asymmetry, estimated via CV_CL, was found in E.byunsanensis and E.pinnatifida. The highest levels of intrachromosomal asymmetry (M_CA) and heterogeneity in centromere position (CV_CI) were found in E.lobulata and E.byunsanensis, while E.sibirica had the most symmetric karyotype. A multivariate PCoA analysis of basic karyotype parameters (2n, x, THL, CV_CL, M_CA, and CV_CI) highlighted no overlap among species accessions, which was also confirmed by LDA. The average absolute monoploid DNA content (1Cx) of the 23 investigated samples of six Eranthis species varied from 9.26 ± 0.25 pg in E.sibirica to 15.93 ± 0.32 pg in E.stellata. Overall karyological affinity was highlighted between E.lobulata and E.stellata, on one side, and between E.byunsanensis and E.pinnatifida, on the other side. Interestingly, there was no significant correlation between total haploid (monoploid) chromosome length (THL) and 1Cx values in these species.

SUBMITTER: Mitrenina EY

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8741716 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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