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Endoreplication in Anemia phyllitidis coincides with the development of gametophytes and male sex.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20015122     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Analyses of DNA content using fluorescence microcytophotometry showed that development of Anemia phyllitidis gametophytes coincided with endoreduplication process. The level of this process shown by the number of endopolyploid cells studied at the I-V arbitrarily established cellular gametophyte stages, was 3%, while at the VI-VII and VII* (male stages) were 10.5 and 4%, respectively. This process coincided with decreased mitotic activity of cells and concerned the cells with their profile area between 1100 and 13,000 microm(2). However, the correlation between cell size and its polyploidisation level was detected only for 12% of these cells. Endoreduplication during development of A. phyllitidis gametophytes seems to be connected with the end of cell cycle followed by the exit of cells from the cell cycle and with subsequent switch of proliferation to the postmitotic differentiation and/or to the endocycle. Endoreplication of A. phyllitidis gametophytes is a function of age, size and number of cells as well as type of gametophyte morphogenesis, which probably maintains the functional copies of genes whose number is restricted by elimination of cells from gametophytes by their death.
Authors:
Andrzej Kaźmierczak
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2009-11-09
Journal Detail:
Title:  Physiologia plantarum     Volume:  138     ISSN:  1399-3054     ISO Abbreviation:  Physiol Plant     Publication Date:  2010 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-04-26     Completed Date:  2010-07-14     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  1256322     Medline TA:  Physiol Plant     Country:  Denmark    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  321-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Cytophysiology, University of Łódź, Pilarskiego 14, 90-231 Łódź, Poland. kazma@interia.pl
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Cell Cycle
Cell Size
DNA Replication
DNA, Plant / metabolism
Ferns / growth & development*
Germ Cells, Plant / growth & development*
Ploidies
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/DNA, Plant

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