Cytological variations and long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposon diversities among diploids and B-chromosome aneuploids in Lilium amabile Palibin.

Affiliation

Department of Horticulture, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 200-701, Korea. [Email]

Abstract

B chromosomes are supernumerary chromosomes found in numerous plant species, including in the genus Lilium. Lilium amabile, an endemic Korean Lilium species, carries B chromosomes which are highly variable in terms of numbers and shape among the accessions collected throughout the Korea. Class 1 retrotransposons are highly abundant in the genome of Lilium species, but their biological functions are still obscure. Lilium species were known to hold high diversities derived from retrotransposons.

Keywords

B chromosomes,IRAP,Lilium amabile,Retrotransposon,