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Variability of genome size in conifers under extreme environmental conditions

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Transformation of the genome size in conifers growing in an extreme environment is manifested in the variability of the number of chromosomes, content of nuclear DNA, modulation of simple repetitive DNA sequences, specificity of the localization and activity of ribosomal DNA genes, activity of retrotransposons, induction of mutation processes, and polymorphism of chromosome rearrangements.

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Original Russian Text © T.S. Sedel’nikova, 2015, published in Uspekhi Sovremennoi Biologii, 2015, Vol. 135, No. 5, pp. 514–528.

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Sedel’nikova, T.S. Variability of genome size in conifers under extreme environmental conditions. Biol Bull Rev 6, 177–188 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079086416020079

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Keywords

  • coniferous
  • extreme growing conditions
  • genome
  • chromosome number
  • DNA amount
  • simple repetitive DNA sequences
  • genes of ribosomal DNA
  • cell genetic elements
  • chromosomal rearrangements