Genome size microscale divergence of Cyclamen persicum in Evolution canyon, Israel

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Authors

PAVLÍČEK Tomáš BUREŠ Petr HOROVÁ Lucie RASKINA Olga NEVO Eviatar

Year of publication 2008
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Central European Journal of Biology
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Web http://springerlink.metapress.com/content/22m1g4r673r84880/fulltext.pdf
Field Botany
Keywords c-value; DNA content; Flow cytometry
Description Using flow cytometry, we examined genome size of the Persian violet, Cyclamen persicum (Primulaceae) on opposite slopes of Evolution Canyon (EC), Mt. Carmel, Israel. The range of genome size variation was 6.41% in relation to the smallest measured DNA content. Our data showed that local variability in the 2C-value exists. Significantly less DNA was recorded in plants growing in one station of the African savannah-like south-facing slope (AS) but not in the remaining two stations of the same slope. We were not able to reject the null hypothesis that there are no significant interslope differences in the genome size between the temperate European garrigue-like north-facing slope (ES) and the drier AS.
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