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Karyology of European Species of Genus Gentiana L.

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This chapter summarizes the data on chromosome numbers of European Gentiana species. Karyological details are considered for some sections and individual genus members in the context of their propagation. Based on a comparison of the results of our own studies with those in the literature, chromosome numbers were confirmed in G. lutea, G. punctata, G. acaulis, G. verna, G. cruciata and G. pneumonanthe, as well as those of one race of G. asclepiadea. The necessity for further karyological investigations is discussed in order to elucidate the evolution of Gentiana species and the classification of individual taxons.

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This work was supported by the Queen Jadwiga Fund of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland. The authors thank Prof. Andrzej J. Joachimiak (Department of Plant Cytology and Embryology, Jagiellonian University, Poland) for his support and valuable suggestions, and Volodymyr Adonin (Department of Cell Population Genetics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) for assistance in translating the text into English.

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    Vitaliy M. Mel’nyk, Maryana O. Twardovska & Viktor A. Kunakh

  2. Volodymyr Hnatiuk Ternopil National Pedagogical University, M. Kryvonis Street 2, Ternopil, 46027, Ukraine

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Mel’nyk, V.M., Drobyk, N.M., Twardovska, M.O., Kunakh, V.A. (2014). Karyology of European Species of Genus Gentiana L.. In: Rybczyński, J., Davey, M., Mikuła, A. (eds) The Gentianaceae - Volume 1: Characterization and Ecology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54010-3_7

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