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Total area of C-heterochromatin in nuclei and chromosomes as a measure of cultivated flax genome variability

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Comparative statistical analysis of total C-heterochromatin content (total area of darkly stained C-bands) in prophase nuclei and metaphase chromosomes of eight flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) varieties, viz., three oil flax varieties (Shafir, Oliver, Linotte), three modern (Orshansky-2, Belinka, Baltuchai) and two ancient fiber flax varieties (Zaretsky Kryazh, K-37) has been carried out. Karyotypes of flax varieties selected for different agronomical traits differed from one another in C-heterochromatin content. The total C-band area of oil flax varieties exceeded that of fiber flax varieties. Genomic polymorphism in C-heterochromatin markers is a testimony of different breeding directions. A simple test for determining total C-heterochromatin content in prophase nuclei is recommended as a useful tool for screening specimens with predetermined characteristics during selection of new varieties.

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    O. V. Muravenko, T. E. Samatadze, K. V. Popov, O. Yu. Yurkevich, I. V. Nosova, N. L. Bolsheva & A. V. Zelenin

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Original Russian Text © O.V. Muravenko, T.E. Samatadze, K.V. Popov, O.Yu. Yurkevich, I.V. Nosova, N.L. Bolsheva, A.V. Zelenin, 2007, published in Biologicheskie Membrany, 2007, Vol. 24, No. 6, pp. 435–441.

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Muravenko, O.V., Samatadze, T.E., Popov, K.V. et al. Total area of C-heterochromatin in nuclei and chromosomes as a measure of cultivated flax genome variability. Biochem. Moscow Suppl. Ser. A 1, 278–283 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1990747807040022

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