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Diversity and dynamics of plant genome size: an example of polysomaty from a cytogenetic study of Tahitian vanilla (Vanilla xtahitensis, Orchidaceae).
American journal of botany - 1 Jun 2011
Lepers-Andrzejewski Sandra, Siljak-Yakovlev Sonja, Brown Spencer C, Wong Maurice, Dron Michel
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Abnormal mitotic behavior with somatic aneuploidy and partial endoreplication were previously reported for the first time in the plant kingdom in Vanilla planifolia. Because vanilla plants are vegetatively propagated, such abnormalities have been transmitted. This study aimed to determine whether mitotic abnormalities also occur in Vanilla hybrid or are suppressed by sexual reproduction....
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