The Commelinaceae are a pantropical family of monocotyledonous herbs. Previous phylogenies in Commelinaceae have emphasized sampling among genera. We extended this previous work by sampling multiple species within some of the largest genera of Commelinaceae (especially Commelina and Tradescantia , and also including Callisia , Cyanotis, Gibasis, and Murdannia ), and by sequencing noncoding regi...

HE experiments to be described are concerned with a comparative study of T the mutagenic effectiveness of thermal neutrons in producing sex-linked lethal mutations in male and female Drosophila melanogaster. Some of this work has appeared previously in abstract form (KING 1952a). Preliminary comparative studies of the mutagenic effectiveness of X-rays in producing sex-linked lethal mutations in...

The fungicide phosphite was found to reduce pollen fertility in Australian and exotic species. In the perennial Dryandra sessilis the reduction was evident for a year after treatment with 2.5-10 gL,1 phosphite sprayed to run off. Pterochaeta paniculata, an annual, showed reduced pollen fertility in flowers that opened 16-30 days after spraying. The horticultural species Pelunia hybrida and Trad...

Pollen tubes of Tradescantia growing on media containing 10(-3) M-Ca2+ and 10(-2)M-Ca2+ exhibit growth rates of 28 micrometers min-1 and 7 micrometers min-1, respectively. The rates of vesicle production by the dictyosomes in these tubes were determined from the rates at which vesicles accumulated in the cytoplasm after treatment with cytochalasin D. Although the vesicle requirements for these ...