Tissue Elastic Properties of a Mesic Forest Hawaiian Dubautia Species with 13 Pairs of Chromosomes
| dc.contributor.author | Robichaux, Robert H. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2008-03-22T21:22:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2008-03-22T21:22:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1985-04 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Dubautia reticulata grows in a mesic forest habitat in Hawaii and has 13 pairs of chromosomes: The tissue elastic properties of this species are intermediate relative to those of the dry scrub , 13-paired D. menziesii and the mesic forest , 14-paired D. knudsenii. The tissue elastic modulus near full hydration , for example, is 3.5 MPa in D. menziesii, 6.1 MPa in D. reticulata, and 18.2 MPa in D. knudsenii. As a result of its intermediate tissue elastic properties, D. reticulata exhibits an intermediate capacity for maintaining high turgor pressures as tissue water content decreases . These result s imply that tissue elastic properties are significantly associated both with the habitat in which a Dubautia species grows and with its diploid chromosome number. The latter association is presumably indirect, with the difference in chromosome number serving as a marker for other significant genomic differences. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Robichaux RH. 1985. Tissue elastic properties of a mesic forest Hawaiian dubautia species with 13 pairs of chromosomes. Pac Sci 39(2): 191-194. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0030-8870 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/924 | |
| dc.language.iso | en-US | |
| dc.publisher | University of Hawai'i Press | |
| dc.title | Tissue Elastic Properties of a Mesic Forest Hawaiian Dubautia Species with 13 Pairs of Chromosomes | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dc.type.dcmi | Text |