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Genetic variability for esterase enzyme in Onobrychis species
S P Kidambi1, J R Mahan, A G Matches
1Department of Agronomy, Horticulture, and Entomology, Texas Tech University, 79409-4169, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Abstract:
Understanding polymorphism at the enzyme level is basic to its use in population and genetic studies. However, no such information is available on the variability among different sainfoin (Onobrychis) species. Therefore, our objective was to study the existence of genetic polymorphism for esterase in 17 Onobrychis species and three cultivars of O. viciifolia Scop. Three regions of banding were observed in all the materials tested, with the number of bands varying from 0 to 3, 3 to 14, and 1 to 2 bands in each of these zones, which have been designated EST1, EST2, and EST3 respectively. All the materials studied had unique banding patterns, the only common feature being that all of them, except one species, had isozyme 1. Identification was possible only for four species (O. iberica, O. kachetica, O. transcaucasica, and O. bieberstenii) and one cultivar ('Nova') based on the banding patterns. Large diversity was evident from the wide range of percent similarity values (0%-79%). Subsequent studies should be directed in using these isozyme banding patterns as markers to the desirable agronomic and quality traits of different germplasm lines.
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