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Mechanisms of antarctic vascular plant adaptation to abiotic environmental factors

Cytology and Genetics volume 49, pages 139–145 (2015)Cite this article

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Native species of the Antarctic Deschampsia antarctica and Colobanthus quitensis exist at the limits of survival of vascular plants. Fundamental adaptations to abiotic environmental factors that qualitatively distinguish them from the other vascular plants of extreme regions, namely temperature, ultraviolet radiation hardiness, and their genetic plasticity in the changeable environment are discussed.

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    I. P. Ozheredova, I. A. Kozeretska & S. V. Demidov

  2. Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, ul. Akademika Zabolotnoho 150, Kyiv, 03680, Ukraine

    I. Yu. Parnikoza, O. O. Poronnik & V. A. Kunakh

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Original Ukrainian Text © I.P. Ozheredova, I.Yu. Parnikoza, O.O. Poronnik, I.A. Kozeretska, S.V. Demidov, V.A. Kunakh, 2015, published in Tsitologiya i Genetika, 2015, Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 72–79.

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Ozheredova, I.P., Parnikoza, I.Y., Poronnik, O.O. et al. Mechanisms of antarctic vascular plant adaptation to abiotic environmental factors. Cytol. Genet. 49, 139–145 (2015). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0095452715020085

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Keywords

  • Deschampsia antarctica
  • Colobanthus quitensis
  • Antarctic
  • mechanisms of adaptation
  • stress protein
  • genome plasticity