Open AccessNew perspectives on the mechanisms of chromosome evolution in parasitic flowering plants
Author(s) -
PAZY BATIA,
PLITMANN UZI
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
botanical journal of the linnean society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.872
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1095-8339
pISSN - 0024-4074
DOI - 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2002.00006.x
Subject(s) - biology , chromosome , plant evolution , genome , evolutionary biology , genetics , parasitism , ploidy , botany , gene , host (biology)
In an attempt to find any association between chromosomal characters and parasitism, a cytological study of parasitic flowering plants in Israel has been carried out. While no such association was found, evidence for three levels of chromosome evolution could be discerned: intra‐chromosomal modifications, polyploidy per se , and genome restructuring in polyploids. Our conclusions may serve as a paradigm of the multiple pathways of chromosomal evolution in plants in general. © 2002 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 138 , 117–122.