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Using the molecular cytogenetic and RAPD methods of analysis, we studied genomes of 22 cultivated flax varieties and 24 wild species from six sections of the genus Linum L. The chromosome numbers were exactly determined in the karyotypes of all studied species, and all individual chromosomes were identified by the C/DAPI-banding pattern and localization of 26S rDNA and 5S rDNA. B chromosomes were discovered and studied for the first time in species of the section Syllinum Griseb. According to the data obtained, the species studied were divided into eight groups on the basis of similarity of their karyotypes, which corresponded in general to their clustering based on the RAPD results. The systematic positions and phylogenetic relationships of the flax species were verified.
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Original Russian Text © O.V. Muravenko, N.L. Bolsheva, O.Yu. Yurkevich, I.V. Nosova, O.A. Rachinskaya, T.E. Samatadze, A.V. Zelenin, 2010, published in Genetika, 2010, Vol. 46, No. 10, pp. 1339–1342.
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Muravenko, O.V., Bolsheva, N.L., Yurkevich, O.Y. et al. Karyogenomics of species of the genus Linum L.. Russ J Genet 46, 1182–1185 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795410100091
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