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)