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Variation in the sexual behaviour of Achnanthes longipes (Bacillariophyta). III. Progeny of crosses between monoecious and unisexual clones

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2000

VICTOR A. CHEPURNOV
Affiliation:
Karadag Natural Reserve of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, p/s Kurortnoye, Feodosia, 334876, Crimea, Ukraine
DAVID G. MANN
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, UK
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Abstract

The allogamous raphid diatom Achnanthes longipes C. A. Agardh possesses a complex breeding system involving interactions between three types of clone: monoecious, unisexual and bisexual. Previous studies showed that these three types can be crossed with each other, with a tendency for sexual characteristics to be inherited: inbred monoecious lineages gave rise to monoecious or, very rarely, to bisexual clones, while inbred unisexual lineages yielded unisexual and bisexual clones. The current paper reports on the progeny of crosses between monoecious and unisexual clones and their inbred offspring. All three types of clone appeared in the F1 and F2, although unisexual clones of opposite sex to the parental clone were not found. Inbreeding depression was observed and also a tendency for ‘normal’ auxosporulation (producing two auxospores per pair of gametangia) to be replaced by ‘reduced’ or ‘intermediate’ auxosporulation (producing one auxospore per pair). In addition, patterns of incompatibility were observed that were not seen during earlier studies of clones isolated directly from nature. These included the inability of some F1 clones to mate with each other, in spite of compatibility with all other clones examined (unisexual, bisexual and monoecious).

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Research Article
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© 2000 British Phycological Society

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