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PLANT SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION
Volume 256, Issue 1-4, Pages 147-157Publisher
SPRINGER WIEN
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-005-0364-y
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Lupinus species; New World lupins; flow cytometry; nuclear DNA content; genome size variation; evolution
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The 2C DNA values in 38 species and accessions of the genus Lupinus (Fabaceae) from the New World have been analysed using flow cytometry. They are representatives of North and South American species (the Atlantic and the Andean regions). Estimated 2C DNA values ranged from 1.08 pg in L. pusillus to 2.68 pg in L. albicaulis (both from North America), that is a variation of more than 2.5-fold. The variation for North American lupins was much higher than that for South American ones. Statistical analysis of the data resulted in a grouping that showed for North American lupins some correlation with the length of life cycle. Discussion concerns some aspects of the evolution of the genus.
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