Botanic gardens in the age of climate change - PlantNetwork
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Theme 1 Session 2: Genetic <strong>the</strong>ory<br />
SPECIFIC FEATURES OF MEIOSIS IN THE SIBERIAN FIR<br />
(ABIES SIBIRICA) IN THE THE V.N. SUKACHEV<br />
INSTITUTE OF FOREST ARBORETUM<br />
Bazh<strong>in</strong>a Elena, Kvitko O.V. & Muratova E.N.<br />
genetics@ksc.krasn.ru, V.N.Sukachev Institute <strong>of</strong> Forest Arboretum, Russia<br />
In an arboretum a plant <strong>in</strong>dividual is forced to adapt to new conditions, which <strong>of</strong>ten exert<br />
stress effects. Meiosis is one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> most vulnerable st<strong>age</strong>s <strong>in</strong> ontogeny to environmental stress.<br />
The Siberian fir (Abies sibirica Ledeb.) trees grow<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> our arboretum possessed all previously<br />
described species specific features, such as asynchrony, rapid progression through telophases<br />
I and II, and dist<strong>in</strong>ctly identifiable prophase II. In comparison to natural conditions, <strong>the</strong><br />
analysis <strong>of</strong> microsporogenesis <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Siberian fir dur<strong>in</strong>g its artificial breed<strong>in</strong>g revealed some<br />
specific features <strong>of</strong> meiosis, such as <strong>in</strong>creased duration and wider spectrum <strong>of</strong> anomalies. Both<br />
general and specific types <strong>of</strong> irregularities were identified. As meiosis is under <strong>the</strong> genetic<br />
control, irregularities may be due to mutations. We believe that some irregularities, such as<br />
chromat<strong>in</strong> agglut<strong>in</strong>ation, may be reflected <strong>in</strong> pollen heterogeneity by <strong>the</strong> size and shape <strong>of</strong><br />
pollen gra<strong>in</strong>s and decrease its fertility. In addition to <strong>the</strong> normal pollen gra<strong>in</strong>s, small gra<strong>in</strong>s and<br />
gra<strong>in</strong>s with abnormal numbers <strong>of</strong> air sacs were found. Apparently <strong>the</strong> described deviations <strong>in</strong><br />
microsporogenesis could expla<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> high level (68-92%) <strong>of</strong> pollen sterility <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Siberian fir<br />
trees grow<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Arboretum.<br />
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