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Chromosomal mutations in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) growing in a hydromorphic environment: First case of a giant chromosome detection

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Chromosomal mutations and mixoploidy have been revealed in the seedlings of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) growing in a hydromorphic environment. A giant chromosome was detected for the first time in gymnosperms.

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Original Russian Text © T.S. Sedel’nikova, A.V. Pimenov, 2010, published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya, 2010, No. 4, pp. 417–422.

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Sedel’nikova, T.S., Pimenov, A.V. Chromosomal mutations in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) growing in a hydromorphic environment: First case of a giant chromosome detection. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 37, 351–356 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359010040047

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