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Madagascan Visca had modal chromosome number χ= 13.
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e0“The Madagascan Visca, however, have a modal chromosome number of χ= 13”
Title
Chromosome numbers in African and Madagascan Loranthaceae and Viscaceae
DELBERT WIENS Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 1975. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1975.tb01206.x
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation The studied Loranthaceae genera had base chromosome number χ= 9.
- Observation The authors propose χ= 14 as the base chromosome number of Viscum and Viscaceae.
- Observation Aneuploid chromosome numbers occurred in Viscum across described distributional extremes.
- Observation Polyploidy was rare in African and Madagascan members of both families.
- Observation Translocation heterozygosity was reported for several Viscum species.