Visualization of chromosome condensation in plants with large chromosomes

BMC Plant Biology

Table 1 Chromatin-free cavities in anaphase/telophase chromatids of plants with different genome sizes

Plant	Genome size 2С, pg^a	Number of chromosomes 2n^a	Average chromosome size 2C/2n, pg	Axial chromatin-free cavity	Citation
Cucurbita pepo L.	1.10	40	0.03	–	Additional file 1: Figure S1a
Phaseolus vulgaris L.	1.20	22	0.06	–	Fig. 1a
Brassica rapa L.	1.60	20	0.08	–	Additional file 1: Figure S1b
Lupinus polyphyllus Lindl.	1.70	48	0.04	–	Additional file 1: Figure S1c
Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.	2.05	24	0.09	–	Additional file 1: Figure S1d
Crepis capillaris (L.) Wallr.	4.20	6	0.70	–	[18]
Vicia sativa L.	4.50	12	0.38	–	Additional file 1: Figure S1e
Hordeum vulgare L.	11.10	14	0.79	+	Additional file 1: Figure S1f
Rudbeckia hirta L.	13.00	38	0.34	–	Additional file 1: Figure S1 g
Lathyrus odoratus L.	15.55	14	1.11	+	Additional file 1: Figure S1 h
Nigella damascena L.	21.10	12	1.76	+	Fig. 1b
Nigella sativa L.	21.25	12	1.77	+	[18]
Lathyrus latifolius L.	21.75	14	1.55	+	Additional file 1: Figure S1i
Allium fistulosum L.	25.05	16	1.57	+	[18]
Vicia faba L.	26.65	12	2.22	+	[29, 30]
Allium sativum L.	32.45	16	2.03	+	[21]
Allium cepa L.	33.50	16	2.09	+	[21, 30]
Tradescantia paludosa E.S. Anderson & Woodson	41.25	12	3.44	+	[17]
Allium porrum L.	58.50	32	1.83	+	Additional file 1: Figure S1j
Tulipa turkestanica (Regel) Regel	87.00	48	1.80	+	[18]
Haemanthus katharinae Baker	117.70	18	6.5	+	[18, 31]

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