Karyological studies in ten species of Citrus (Linnaeus, 1753) (Rutaceae) of North-East India | Zendy

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Karyological studies in ten species of Citrus (Linnaeus, 1753) (Rutaceae) of North-East India

Author(s) -

Rao Rama Satyawada,

Marlykynti Hynniewta,

Surendra Kumar Malik

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

comparative cytogenetics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1993-078X

pISSN - 1993-0771

DOI - 10.3897/compcytogen.v5i4.1796

Subject(s) - karyotype , biology , rutaceae , genus , botany , chromosome , zoology , chromosome number , taxonomy (biology) , genetics , gene

Ten Citrus (Linnaeus, 1753) species of North-East India have been karyo-morphologically analysed. All studied species had 2n=18 chromosomes without any evidence of numerical variation. All the chromosomes were found to be of metacentric and sub-metacentric in all the species; the morphology of the chromosomes showing size difference only. Symmetrical karyotype which does not have much difference in the ratio of longest to shortest chromosome in all the species was observed. Three species, Citrus grandis (Osbeck, 1757), Citrus reticulata (Blanco, 1837) and Citrus medica (Linnaeus, 1753) are identified as true basic species from asymmetry studies of karyotypes as they reflect on the primitive nature of their genomes. Citrus indica (Tanaka, 1937)occupies a special taxonomic position within the genus Citrus as a progenitor for other cultivated species.

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