Table 1 Meiotic recombination frequencies (MRF) in diploid, autotetraploid and allotetraploid Arabidopsis1.
From: Polyploidization increases meiotic recombination frequency in Arabidopsis
Ploidy (species) | Meiosis2 | Plants | Seed fluorescence | Seeds total | MRF (%) | S.D.4 (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Â | Green-only | Red-only | Yellow3 | None | Â | Â | Â |
Diploid A. thaliana | Female | 6 | 66 | 71 | 830 | 894 | 1861 | 7.4 | 1.9 |
| Â | Selfed | 3 | 322 | 333 | 2805 | 791 | 4251 | 15.4 | 0.9 |
| Â | Male | 3 | 147 | 143 | 561 | 582 | 1433 | 20.2 | 0.3 |
Autotetraploid A. thaliana | Female | 10 | 264 | 317 | 1587 | 1703 | 3871 | 15.0 | 3.2 |
| Â | Selfed | 10 | 1868 | 2216 | 12707 | 3098 | 19889 | 20.5 | 1.1 |
| Â | Male | 9 | 506 | 492 | 1227 | 1345 | 3570 | 28.0 | 3.0 |
Allotetraploid A. suecica | Female | 5 | 181 | 214 | 1348 | 1305 | 3048 | 13.0 | 2.5 |
| Â | Selfed | 5 | 275 | 298 | 1484 | 320 | 2377 | 24.1 | 1.8 |
| Â | Male | 5 | 598 | 599 | 1412 | 1410 | 4019 | 29.8 | 3.1 |