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Genome analysis has been used to investigate the evolutionary relationships of the tetraploid species in the genus Cochlearia. The results indicate that both C. officinalis L. (2n=24) and C. micacea Marshal (2n=26) are essentially autotetraploid in origin and that C. scotica Druce is simply a morphological variant of C. officinalis. The chromosomal relationships of the tetraploids to each other and to the diploids in the genus are discussed and the possible routes for the formation of all the species from a single, 2n=12, basic taxon are given. Evidence for the existence of a genic mechanism causing C. officinalis to form only bivalents is given and the mode of evolution of such a mechanism discussed.
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Gill, J.J.B. Cytogenetic studies in Cochlearia L. (Cruciferae). The origins of C. officinalis L. and C. micacea Marshall. Genetica 44, 217–234 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00119107
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