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THE PLANT CELL, Vol 5, Issue 11 1661-1668, Copyright © 1993 by American Society of Plant Biologists
Relationship between Endopolyploidy and Cell Size in Epidermal Tissue of Arabidopsis
J. E. Melaragno, B. Mehrotra and A. W. Coleman
Department of Biology, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island 02908
Relative quantities of DNA in individual nuclei of stem and leaf epidermal
cells of Arabidopsis were measured microspectrofluorometrically using
epidermal peels. The relative ploidy level in each nucleus was assessed by
comparison to root tip mitotic nuclei. A clear pattern of regular
endopolyploidy is evident in epidermal cells. Guard cell nuclei contain
levels of DNA comparable to dividing root cells, the 2C level (i.e., one
unreplicated copy of the nuclear DNA). Leaf trichome nuclei had elevated
ploidy levels of 4C, 8C, 16C, 32C, and 64C, and their cytology suggested
that the polyploidy represents a form of polyteny. The nuclei of epidermal
pavement cells were 2C, 4C, and 8C in stem epidermis, and 2C, 4C, 8C, and
16C in leaf epidermis. Morphometry of epidermal pavement cells revealed a
direct proportionality between nuclear DNA level and cell size. A
consideration of the development process suggests that the cells of highest
ploidy level are developmentally oldest; consequently, the developmental
pattern of epidermal tissues can be read from the ploidy pattern of the
cells. This observation is relevant to theories of stomate spacing and
offers opportunities for genetic analysis of the endopolyploidy/polyteny
phenomenon.
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