Comparison of Foliar Ultrastructure of 3 Dubautia species

Dubautia속(屬) 3종(種) 식물(植物)의 엽육조직(葉肉組織) 미세구조(微細構造) 비교연구(比較硏究)

The fine structure of palisade chloroplasts has been studied in the mature leaves of 3 Dubautia species (D. scabra var. leiophylla, D. knudsenii and D. scabra var. leiophylla${\times}$D. knudsenii) to explore variation at the ultrastructural level, since the parental species exhibit quite different morphological and anatomical features. Types of thylakoidal membrane systems, occurrence and distribution of phytoferritin-like structures, lipid droplets, starch grains, mitochondria and microbodies were examined. Four different types of thylakoidal membranes were found in D. scabra var. leiophylla, 2 rather uniform types in D. knudsenii and 3 intermediate types in their hybrid. D. scabra var. leiophylla and the hybrid were marked by statistically significant differences in mean numbers of thylakoids per granum, while no significant difference was found between D. knudsenii and the hybrid. Phytoferritin-like structures which were about $100-120{\AA}$ in diameter as a whole particle each were found in all 3 species. The amount and distribution of particles varied by species. Lipid droplets, plastoglobuli, and starch grains occurred in all 3 species, but the frequency of starch grains also varied with the species. More frequent and larger starch grains were observed in D. knudsenii than in the other two species. Microbodies, or peroxisome, were observed throughout all species. They occurred, either with or without crystalline inclusions, around the chloroplasts.

피자식물내 엽육조직 미세구조연구의 일환으로 형태해부학적으로 매우 다른 특성을 지닌 국화과 Dubautia속 식물 3종(Dubautia scabra var. leiophylla, D. knudsenii, D. scabra var. leiophylla, D. knudsenii)의 엽육조직이 연구되었다. 부모종 엽육조직의 형태해부학적 특성과 그들의 잡종 엽육조직세포의 분화 정도를 추정하기 위하여 palisade mesophyll내의 chloroplasts, microbodies, mitochondria 및 grana내의 thylakoid membrane system, phytoferritin-like structures, plastoglobuli와 starch grain 등 엽록체 내부의 초미세구조 형질들을 중점적으로 비교 분석하였다. 잡종의 엽육조직세포들은 형태해부학적 엽육형질 및 thylakoidal membrane system 등의 형질에서 부모종 엽육조직의 중간적 특성 (intermediacy)을 나타내어 전형적인 bilateral inheritage를 보여주었으며, thylakoid membrane number/granum, phytoferritin-like structures, starch grain의 분포 등에서는 어느 한 부모종 형질과 더 유사하게 관찰되었다. 미소체 및 미토콘드리아는 대체로 비슷한 양상으로 관찰되었고 phytoferritin-like structures는 국화과 식물 엽록체내에서 처음 보고되는 미세구조이다.