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POLYPLOIDY IN THE BASIDIOMYCETE CYATHUS STERCOREUS
Author(s) -
Lu Benjamin C.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1964.tb06641.x
Subject(s) - biology , meiosis , homology (biology) , ploidy , chromosome , genetics , evolutionary biology , gene
Chromosome analysis of the basidiomycete Cyathus stercoreus (Nidulariaceae) reveals that certain chromosomes of the haploid complement structurally resemble one another. These like chromosomes exhibit with high frequency a tendency to form quadrivalents or to show secondary association at diplotene and diakinesis of meiosis, suggesting some degree of homology. This indicates that C. stercoreus is a tetraploid species. It is suggested that the polyploidy of the present species may have resulted from allotetraploidy involving species which may have been evolved from a single ancestor.