1 School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
A survey of genome size variation in 117 gymnosperms has found that the systematic coverage of the measurements is uneven, some families have been well sampled but others have not. There is a 14·4-fold variation in genome size within the group; the largest genome being that of Pinus lambertiana with 63·5 pg DNA/2C nucleus and the smallest, 12·96 pg DNA/2C nucleus in Metasequoia glyptostroboides. The different methods that have been used to measure genome size in gymnosperms, the choice of standards, and problems associated with the different methods are reviewed. The conflicting reports of intraspecific variation in genome size in gymnosperm species are problematic. Some appear real whereas others can be attributed to problems associated with methodology. Some studies of species show considerable uniformity of genome size over a wide geographical range whereas others find high levels of variation which may, in some cases, be correlated with geographical parameters. Possible correlations between genome size and adaptive features of gymnosperms are examined and a number of correlations are reported between genome size and growth-related parameters.
Gymnosperms, genome size, intraspecific and interspecific variation in genome size, flow cytometry, Feulgen microdensitometry, reassociation kinetics
Submitted on September 10, 1997
© 1998 Annals of Botany Company
Nuclear DNA Amounts in Gymnosperms
Revised on March 26, 1998
Accepted on May 8, 1998
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