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The mitotic and meiotic chromosomes of five populations of Eleutherine bulbosa were analysed after C-banding and fluorochrome (DAPI/CMA) staining. All individuals showed heterozygosity in pair number I for a pericentric inversion and a tandem duplication in the inverted region of one of the homologues. The duplication comprised the secondary constriction and ca. 40% of its associated CMA+ heterochromatin. All the secondary constrictions were nucleolar organizers, but the repeated one seemed to be the most active. The inverted segment constituted ca. 70% of the chromosome length and included, in addition to the duplication and the centromere, two DAPI+ C-bands. These markers, especially the CMA+ blocks which were unique in the complement, permitted a detailed analysis of meiotic pairing. In practically all examples of late zygotene the CMA blocks were paired, which seems to mean that non-homologous pairing never occurred. At this stage the duplicated CMA+ block was clearly unpaired. At pachytene-diplotene the inverted region formed a typical loop without chiasmata. Although male meiosis was normal, no indication of sexual reproduction was found. A causal relationship between duplication, inversion and asexual reproduction is proposed to explain the maintenance of the heterozygosity.
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Guerra, M.d.S. Mitotic and meiotic analysis of a pericentric inversion associated with a tandem duplication in Eleutherine bulbosa . Chromosoma 97, 80–87 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00331797
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