tailieunhanh - First genome size assessment in the genus Peganum and in the family Nitrariaceae: Iberian and North African data on Peganum harmala, including an intensive sampling in Tunisia

Peganum harmala is a halonitrophilous perennial herb that is relevant in the landscape of steppe, semidesert, and desert territories in southern Europe, northern Africa, and southwestern Asia. We present here data on the nuclear DNA amount assessment in one Iberian and 17 Tunisian populations of this species. | Turkish Journal of Botany Turk J Bot (2017) 41: 324-328 © TÜBİTAK doi: Research Note First genome size assessment in the genus Peganum and in the family Nitrariaceae: Iberian and North African data on Peganum harmala, including an intensive sampling in Tunisia 1 2 1 2 3, Abdelhamid HAJJI , Daniel VITALES , Mohamed ELGAZZEH , Teresa GARNATJE , Joan VALLÈS * Laboratory of Biodiversity, Biotechnology and Climate Change, Faculty of Sciences, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia 2 Botanical Institute of Barcelona (IBB-CSIC-ICUB), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 3 Laboratory of Botany (UB), Unit Associated with the CSIC, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 1 Received: Accepted/Published Online: Final Version: Abstract: Peganum harmala is a halonitrophilous perennial herb that is relevant in the landscape of steppe, semidesert, and desert territories in southern Europe, northern Africa, and southwestern Asia. We present here data on the nuclear DNA amount assessment in one Iberian and 17 Tunisian populations of this species. The 2C values, belonging to the very small genome category, ranged from to pg. These data are the first on genome size for the species and for the whole genus and the whole family. In addition, the somatic chromosome number (2n = 24) has been counted in one population, confirming previous reports and constituting the first one in a Tunisian accession of the species. The results show a high degree of homogeneity of the character studied within the species. These new data, filling a gap in genome size knowledge at family level, together with the specific homogeneity in genome size in a large area, could be relevant for further large-reach analyses on genome size evolution. Key words: C-value, flow cytometry, Iberian Peninsula, Nitrariaceae, nuclear DNA amount, Peganum harmala, .

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• C value
• Flow cytometry
• Iberian Peninsula
• Nuclear DNA amount
• Peganum harmala
• Somatic chromosome number
• Chromosome number
• Chromosome counts
• Genus Stachys
• Somatic chromosome
• Stachys byzantina C
• Koch