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An Efficient Method for Quantitative, Single-cell Analysis of Chromatin Modification and Nuclear Architecture in Whole-mount Ovules in Arabidopsis
Published on: June 19, 2014
Mode of reproduction in Arabidopsis suecica
Torbjörn Säll1, Christina Lind-Halldén, Mattias Jakobsson
1Department of Cell and Organism Biology, Genetics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. torbjorn.sall@cob.lu.se
Abstract:
The breeding system of Arabidopsis suecica was investigated through genetic analysis of microsatellite segregation patterns in five controlled crosses as well as in 16 single-mother families collected in the wild. Analysis of single and two-locus segregations in the F2 generation following a cross clearly shows that A. suecica is reproduces sexually. The single-mother families show a high level of homozygosity corroborating earlier results indicating a high level of inbreeding. The high level of individual homozygosity is due both to a high level of selfing and to the underlying population structure.
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