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  • Title: Polymorphism of heterochromatic regions of flax chromosomes.
    Author: Muravenko V, Samatadze TE, Popov KV, Amosova AV, Zelenin AV.
    Journal: Membr Cell Biol; 2001; 14(6):743-8. PubMed ID: 11817570.
    Abstract:
    The C-banding technique was used to study flax chromosomes (Linum usitatissimum L., 2n = 30). Heterochromatin was located mainly in pericentromeric regions of chromosomes. In spite of small size (1.5-3.5 microm), all 15 pairs of homologous chromosomes were identified on the basis of the C-banding pattern and morphology. An idiogram of C-banded chromosomes of L usitatissimum L. is presented. Polymorphism of chromosomal heterochromatic regions was studied in karyotypes of three flax samples: L usitatissimum L., accession K-603 (L usitatissimum var. usitatissimum), and accession K-594 (L. usitatissimum var. humile (Mill.)). A common C-banding pattern was observed in all forms studied, although there were some distinctions in the individual band size. The fibre flax (accession K-603) karyotype had the C-banding pattern similar to that of L usitatissimum L., but some intercalary and telomeric C-bands were somewhat larger, and a satellite (NOR) was observed in the short arm of chromosome I. In crown flax, (K-594) chromosomal C-banding pattern exhibited smaller pericentromeric and larger intercalary bands; telomeric bands were present on almost all chromosomes. Thus, the intraspecies polymorphism revealed in the chromosomal C-banding pattern makes possible the use of C-bands as chromosome markers in the studies of genetic and genomic polymorphism of this species.
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