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More than 100 strains ofLemna paucicostata Hegelm. collected from various localities in Japan were classified into 4 types according to the criterion of Yukawa and Takimoto (1976). N-1 type strains are widely distributed in Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, N-2 type strains only in the area on the Japan Sea side of north Japan, K type strain only at the campus of Kyoto University, and S type strains in southern Japan.
Numbers of chromosomes in somatic cells of N-1, N-2, K and S type strains were 2n=66–84, 40, 50 and 40, respectively. In N-2 and S type strains, all chromosomes (20 bivalent chromosomes) were lined up on the equatorial plate at metaphase of the first meiotic division (MI). However, in N-1 type strains, several chromosomes, and in the K type strain, more chromosomes were away from the equatorial plate at MI. Pollen fertility was 60–70%, higher than 90%, 0% and higher than 90%, in N-1, N-2, K and S type strains, respectively.
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Beppu, T., Takimoto, A. Geographical distribution and cytological variation ofLemna paucicostata Hegelm. in Japan. Bot Mag Tokyo 94, 11–20 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02490199
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