STRICT MATERNAL INHERITANCE OF RAPD FINGERPRINTS CONFIRMS APOMIXIS INCASSAVA (MANIHOT-ESCULENTA CRANTZ)

Authors
GRATTAPAGLIA D SILVA CCE NASSAR NMA
Citation
D. Grattapaglia et al., STRICT MATERNAL INHERITANCE OF RAPD FINGERPRINTS CONFIRMS APOMIXIS INCASSAVA (MANIHOT-ESCULENTA CRANTZ), Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 76(2), 1996, pp. 379-382
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences",Agriculture
Journal title
Canadian Journal of Plant Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00084220
Volume
76
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
379 - 382
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-4220(1996)76:2<379:SMIORF>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Undisputed molecular evidence for apomixis in cassava is presented. Ba sed on genome sampling with 130 RAPD markers we confirmed apomixis for one offspring of a cassava clone derived from an interspecific hybrid . The probability that complete uniformity in RAPD fingerprints betwee n mother and offspring occurred by chance was < 10(-5).