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. 2012 Dec 15;6(4):425–441. doi: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v6i4.3740

Table 1.

Chromosome analyses of Panax ginseng based on chromosome length and centromeric position.

Chr. no. Chr. length (μm) Arm ratio (q/p) Type
Short arm (p) Long arm (q) Total
1 3.16 ± 0.12 3.17 ± 0.11 6.30 ± 0.22 1.002 m
2 2.64 ± 0.08 3.27 ± 0.12 6.05 ± 0.06 1.237 m
3 2.52 ± 0.23 3.61 ± 0.11 5.88 ± 0.18 1.434 m
4 2.54 ± 0.20 3.27 ± 0.22 5.64 ± 0.07 1.289 m
5 2.23 ± 0.27 3.35 ± 0.12 5.41 ± 0.17 1.506 m
6 2.05 ± 0.11 3.30 ± 0.06 5.31 ± 0.23 1.609 m
7 2.09 ± 0.07 3.35 ± 0.22 5.30 ± 0.14 1.605 m
8 1.54 ± 0.32 3.66 ± 0.13 5.23 ± 0.40 2.378 sm
9 1.52 ± 0.19 3.82 ± 0.13 5.08 ± 0.21 2.515 sm
10 1.77 ± 0.04 3.49 ± 0.06 5.04 ± 0.28 1.965 sm
11† 2.13 ± 0.12 2.91 ± 0.13 4.94 ± 0.12 1.363 m
12 1.96 ± 0.07 3.03 ± 0.12 4.83 ± 0.28 1.547 m
13 2.04 ± 0.05 3.05 ± 0.04 4.82 ± 0.07 1.492 m
14‡ 1.99§ ± 0.21 3.21 ± 0.14 4.80 ± 0.31 1.612| st
15 2.26 ± 0.17 2.58 ± 0.28 4.73 ± 0.49 1.143 m
16 1.55 ± 0.09 3.33 ± 0.10 4.72 ± 0.08 2.157 sm
17 1.59 ± 0.15 3.05 ± 0.07 4.50 ± 0.11 1.919 sm
18 2.09 ± 0.25 2.54 ± 0.19 4.50 ± 0.06 1.214 m
19 1.39 ± 0.12 2.78 ± 0.17 4.11 ± 0.21 1.998 sm
20 1.05 ± 0.04 3.24 ± 0.07 4.09 ± 0.06 3.067 st
21 0.90 ± 0.05 3.02 ± 0.21 3.80 ± 0.13 3.355 st
22 1.32 ± 0.06 2.32 ± 0.10 3.56 ± 0.09 1.761 sm
23 1.25 ± 0.11 2.30 ± 0.22 3.38 ± 0.09 1.836 sm
24 1.13 ± 0.25 2.08 ± 0.24 3.27 ± 0.10 1.840 sm

†5S rDNA, ‡45S rDNA, §satellite length, |value obtained using satellite instead of short arm, m: metacentric, sm: submetacentric, st: subtelocentric (Levan et al. 1964)