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Table 2 Analysis of female development in di- and polyploid Ranunculus plants. Mean percentages of normal meiotic cell division, abnormal meiosis and full ovule abortion were investigated by DIC microscopy

From: The relation of meiotic behaviour to hybridity, polyploidy and apomixis in the Ranunculus auricomus complex (Ranunculaceae)

Taxa

Ploidy

Plant ID

n

normal

meiosis (range)

abnormal meiosis (range)

aborted

meiosis (range)

Parent species [32]

 R. notabilis

2x

 

86

0.96 (0.94–1.00)

0.00

0.04 (0.00–0.05)

 R. carpaticola

2x

 

135

0.84 (0.83–0.90)

0.00

0.16 (0.10–0.18)

 R. cassubicifolius

4x

 

98

0.95 (0.94–0.90)

0.00

0.05 (0.00–0.06)

Synthetic F1 Hybrids [32]

 R. carpaticola * R. notabilis

2x

J, F

257

0.67 (0.44–1.00)

0.11 (0.00–0.33)

0.22 (0.00–0.56)

 R. cassubicifolius * R. notabilis

3x

G

191

0.69 (0.54–0.87)

0.15 (0.07–0.32)

0.15 (0.00–0.29)

Synthetic F2 Hybrids

 R. car. * R. not. * R. car. * R. not [40].

2x

F * F, F * J, J * F,

J * J

4811

0.63 (0.45–0.82)

0.16 (0.08–0.26)

0.21 (0.00–0.39)

 R. cas. * R. not. * R. cas. * R. not.

3x, 4x

G * G

186

0.49 (0.06–0.66)

0.12 (0.06–0.15)

0.39 (0.19–0.88)