Claim · model-written summary
The karyotype of Arceuthobium appears fundamentally symmetrical.
- Taxon
- Arceuthobium
Arceuthobiume0 - Outcome
- karyotypee1
- Qualifier
- appears to be fundamentally symmetricale1
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Verbatim
e0“Chromosome numbers and other karyological features of Arceuthobium are reported for all species and subspecific groups in the United States and 7 of the 13 entities occurring in Mexico”
e1“The only chromosome number known in the genus is n =14 and the karyotype appears to be fundamentally symmetrical”
Title
CHROMOSOMAL AND FLOWERING CHARACTERISTICS IN DWARF MISTLETOES (ARCEUTHOBIUM)
Delbert Wiens American Journal of Botany 1968. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1968.tb07384.x
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation Arceuthobium has the only known chromosome number in the genus, n = 14.
- Association Bivalents in Arceuthobium are significantly smaller than in the related genus Phoradendron.
- Observation No supernumerary chromosomes were observed in Arceuthobium.
- Mechanism Strong isolating mechanisms are advanced as a possible, hypothetical explanation for the absence of polyploidy in dwarf mistletoes.
- Observation The flowering characteristics of American Arceuthobium species fall into three principal groups.
- Observation Group 1 Arceuthobium species flower in winter and early spring and have southern distributions.
- Observation Group 2 Arceuthobium species flower in summer and have more northerly distributions.
- Observation Group 3 Arceuthobium species flower in spring at the highest latitudes but essentially complete floral development the previous summer.
- Observation A fourth flowering group of Arceuthobium is intermediate between the first and second groups.