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Karyotype analysis of some Minuartia L. (Caryophyllaceae) taxa

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Karyotypic characters, mitotic metaphase chromosomes, monoploid idiograms and karyograms of Minuartia anatolica (Boiss.) Woronow var. phrygia (Bornm.) McNeill, Minuartia anatolica (Boiss.) Woronow var. scleranthoides (Boiss. & Noe) McNeill, Minuartia corymbulosa (Boiss. & Balansa) McNeill var. gypsophilloides McNeill and Minuartia aksoyi M.Koç & Hamzaoğlu were investigated for the first time. Analysis of somatic metaphases showed that the chromosome numbers and the formulas of these taxa were 2n = 24 = 14m + 6sm + 4st for Minuartia anatolica var. phrygia, 2n = 14 = 6m + 8sm for Minuartia anatolica var. scleranthoides, 2n = 14 = 6m + 4sm + 4st for Minuartia corymbulosa var. gypsophilloides and 2n = 30 = 14m + 10sm + 6st for Minuartia aksoyi. No satellites were observed in the karyotypes of these taxa. Karyotype asymmetry was estimated by many different methods, namely the Stebbins classification, the karyotype asymmetry index (As K %), the total form percent (TF %), the Rec and Syi indices, the intrachromosomal asymmetry index (A1) and interchromosomal asymmetry index (A2), the dispersion index (DI), the degree of asymmetry of karyotype (A index) and the asymmetry index (AI).

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This work was financially supported by the Scientific Research Projects Fund of Bozok University. The project number was I.F.E-2011/50.

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  1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Art, Bozok University, Yozgat, Turkey

    Halil Erhan Eroğlu & Murat Koç

  2. Department of Biology, Science Institute, Bozok University, Yozgat, Turkey

    Neslihan Şimşek

  3. Department of Primary School Teaching, Faculty of Education, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey

    Ergin Hamzaoğlu

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Eroğlu, H.E., Şimşek, N., Koç, M. et al. Karyotype analysis of some Minuartia L. (Caryophyllaceae) taxa. Plant Syst Evol 299, 67–73 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-012-0703-8

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