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Cytological investigation of Haplopappus gracilis (Nutt.) Gray: 5-methylcytosine-rich regions, fluorochrome banding and chromatin sensitivity to DNase I digestion

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Haplopappus gracilis (Nutt.) Gray, one of the five known higher plants with a chromosome number of 2n = 4, was studied from a cytological point of view. The chromosome complement of this species was characterized by means of automated karyotype analysis. Moreover, the DNA methylation pattern and fluorochrome banding were determined and compared with cytological data present in the literature. DNA methylation distribution along metaphase chromosomes involved all chromosome territories evidenced by C-banding. Other methylated bands correlated positively with aceto-orcein-positive heterochromatic portions and/or with late replicating bands and/or fluorochrome bands. Some methylated bands showed differences between homologous chromosomes. These bands belonged partly to certain heterochromatic domains and partly to intercalary sites not defined by other standard banding techniques. Differences between the homologues were also indicated by our DNA content data obtained after DNase I digestion.

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  1. Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Pisa, Pisa

    M. Ruffini Castiglione & R. Cremonini

  2. Dipartimento di Agrobiologia ed Agrochimica, Università della Tuscia, Viterbo

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  3. Stazione Consorziale Sperimentale di Granicoltura per la Sicilia, Caltagirone

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Ruffini Castiglione, M., Frediani, M., Venora, G. et al. Cytological investigation of Haplopappus gracilis (Nutt.) Gray: 5-methylcytosine-rich regions, fluorochrome banding and chromatin sensitivity to DNase I digestion. Protoplasma 233, 107–113 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-008-0296-9

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