Silene latifolia: The Classical Model to Study Heteromorphic Sex Chromosomes

This review summarizes older as well as recent data about the model dioecious plant Silene latifolia. This plant has been the subject of more than one hundred years of research efforts and its most conspicuous property is huge and well differentiated heteromorphic sex chromosomes, XX in females and...

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Published inCytogenetic and genome research Vol. 129; no. 1-3; pp. 250 - 262
Main Authors Kejnovsky, E., Vyskot, B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.07.2010
Subjects
Biological Evolution
Chromosomes, Plant - genetics
Cytogenetic Analysis
DNA Transposable Elements - genetics
DNA, Plant - genetics
Epigenesis, Genetic
Genome, Plant
Genomics
In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
Models, Genetic
Phylogeny
Reproduction - genetics
Sex Chromosomes
Silene - classification
Silene - genetics
Silene - physiology
Silene latifolia
Sex chromosomes
Genome
Silene latifolia
Repetitive sequences
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ISBN3805594941
9783805594943
ISSN1424-8581
1424-859X
1424-859X
DOI10.1159/000314285

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Summary:This review summarizes older as well as recent data about the model dioecious plant Silene latifolia. This plant has been the subject of more than one hundred years of research efforts and its most conspicuous property is huge and well differentiated heteromorphic sex chromosomes, XX in females and XY in males. Due to this property the S. latifolia sex chromosomes have been often used for cytogenetic studies as well as for flow sorting and laser microdissection. Nowadays S. latifolia is the focus of genomic studies, molecular mapping, phylogenetic and population genetics analyses.
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ISBN:3805594941
9783805594943
ISSN:1424-8581
1424-859X
1424-859X
DOI:10.1159/000314285