Colchicine-Induced Polyploidy in Chlamydomonas.
Colchicine-Induced Polyploidy in Chlamydomonas.
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秋水仙碱诱导的衣藻多倍体。
DOI:
10.1126/science.124.3210.25
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发表时间:
1956
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影响因子:
56.9
通讯作者:
R. Krauss
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作者:
D. Wetherell;R. Krauss
Although the alkaloid colchicine has proved to be an effective agent for the induction of polyploidy in higher plants, comparable success has not been achieved with microorganisms. In a recent review of the literature, Eigsti (1) concluded that no substantial evidence existed for the induction of polyploidy in microorganisms with colchicine. However, a pa-per by Tschermak (2), not listed in Eigsti's review, reported mitotic meta-phases with the doubled chromosome number in cultures of Oedogonium after treatment with colchicine. The establishment of polyploid strains of microorganisms suitable for genetic analysis would be of considerable signifi-cance for studies of the physiology of polyploidy. In spite of previous unsuc-cessful attempts reported in the literature (3), a series of colchicine treatments was made (4) as part of a larger study of in-heritance in Chlamydomonas. Haploid vegetative cells of C. euga-metos Moewus were exposed to concen-trations of 0.01, 0.1, and 1.0-percent colchicine using standard microbiological spot-plate technique. Essentially no in-