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Abstract
In the present study, karyotype analyses of 10 taxa belongs to the genus Klasea Cass. (Asteraceae) were conducted. Somatic chromosome numbers are not a distinctive character of classification of Klasea taxa. All of the taxa were counted as 2n = 30 chromosomes, except for Klasea radiata subsp. biebersteiniana (2n = 60). Although all the taxa have a chromosome number of 2n = 30, they could be differentiated by their karyotype formula and quantitative parameters of the karyotype. Karyotype analysis was performed by means of an Image Analysis System and karyotype asymmetry indices were measured. According to these parameters, karyological relationships among studied taxa were inferred.
Acknowledgments
We express our thanks to TUBITAK [project no. TBAG-109-T-243] and the Scientific Investigation Projects Coordinate Office of Selçuk University [project no. 11401048] for financial support. I would like to thank Turan Arabacı, Meryem Öztürk and Özlem Çetin for their valuable contributions.
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