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Morphological, physiological and molecular genetic characterization ofArabidopsis himalaica, with reference toA. thaliana

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Arabidopsis himalaica (Edgeworth) O.E. Schulz, a poorly characterized species typical of HimalayanArabidopsis, was analyzed in terms of its morphology, physiology, chromosome number and molecular genetics, in comparison withA. thaliana which is the standard species in the genusArabidopsis. From view point of developmental genetics, several features which are specific toA. himalaica seem not to be derived by single-gene mutations inA. thaliana. Phylogenetic analyses based onrbcL sequences suggested that genusArabidopsis is not monophyletic. The detailed characterization ofA. himalaica should provide clues to understand the trait of evolution of particular features of Himalayan species ofArabidopsis and their genetic basis.

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  1. Jun Yokoyama

    Present address: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Biological Institute, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-77, Miyagi, Japan

  2. Kunio Iwatsuki

    Present address: Faculty of Science, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-ikebukuro, 171, Tokyo, Japan

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  1. Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, 113, Tokyo, Japan

    Hirokazu Tsukaya

  2. Botanical Gardens, The University of Tokyo, 3-7-1 Hakusan, Bunkyo-ku, 112, Tokyo, Japan

    Jun Yokoyama & Kunio Iwatsuki

  3. Museum of Nature and Human Activities, 6 Yayoi-ga-oka, 669-13, Sanda-shi, Hyogo, Japan

    Hiroshi Ikeda

  4. Kyoritsu Women's Junior College, 102, Tokyo, Japan

    Haruko Kuroiwa

  5. Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113, Tokyo, Japan

    Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa

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Tsukaya, H., Yokoyama, J., Ikeda, H. et al. Morphological, physiological and molecular genetic characterization ofArabidopsis himalaica, with reference toA. thaliana . J. Plant Res. 110, 15–23 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02506838

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