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KARYOTYPIC DATA ON NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAN ZAMIACEAE (CYCADALES) AND THEIR PHYLOGENETIC IMPLICATIONS
Author(s) -
Moretti Aldo
Publication year - 1990
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.1537-2197.1990.tb13597.x
Subject(s) - biology , karyotype , cycad , intraspecific competition , genus , interspecific competition , botany , phylogenetic tree , evolutionary biology , chromosome , zoology , genetics , gene
Chromosome numbers and karyotypes of species from four American Zamiaceae (Cycadales) are reported. Zamia shows interspecific and intraspecific chromosome variation, whereas Microcycas, Ceratozamia , and Dioon have constant karyotypes within each genus. In Zamia , all karyotypes have the same number of submetacentric and acrocentric chromosomes, but they differ in the number of metacentric and telocentric chromosomes. Centric fission of metacentric chromosomes is proposed to explain the karyotypic variation in this genus. Zamia shows karyological relationships with Microcycas and Ceratozamia , whereas Dioon appears very distinct from the other American cycad genera. Affinity among Zamia, Ceratozamia , and Microcycas karyotypes and distinctiveness of Dioon karyotypes are supported by comparative analysis of phenotypic characters in the four genera.