Unreduced diploid nuclei in Cupressus dupreziana A. Camus pollen
Unreduced diploid nuclei in Cupressus dupreziana A. Camus pollen
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DOI:
10.1007/s001220051518
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发表时间:
2000-09
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
C. Pichot;M. El Maâtaoui
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作者:
C. Pichot;M. El Maâtaoui
Size and DNA content of pollen ofCupressus duprezianaA. Camus,a highly endangered Mediterranean conifer, were assessed by cytomorphological observations and flow cytometric analyses and then compared toC. sempervirensL. pollen. MatureC. duprezianapollen was composed of two uninucleated types of pollen grains differing in size. Around 35% of the grains exhibited a size similar toC. sempervirenspollen, while 65% exhibited a larger diameter. However only one peak of fluorescence was detected by flow cytometry. DNA content ofC. duprezianapollen was twice the DNA content ofC. sempervirenspollen. Comparison of DNA contents of mature and germinating pollen revealed that mature pollen of both species were arrested in the G2 phase. Comparison with the DNA content of somatic tissue (2C) provided evidence for the production of unreduced pollen inC. dupreziana.This unexpected feature in gymnosperms is discussed in terms of reproductive strategy of this species.