Characterisation of natural hybrids between Pterostylis alveata Garnet andPterostylis ophioglossa R. Br. (Orchidaceae) by starch gel electrophoresis

Authors
Sharma, IK Jones, DL
Citation
Ik. Sharma et Dl. Jones, Characterisation of natural hybrids between Pterostylis alveata Garnet andPterostylis ophioglossa R. Br. (Orchidaceae) by starch gel electrophoresis, BIOCH SYST, 27(5), 1999, pp. 499-505
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY
ISSN journal
03051978 → ACNP
Volume
27
Issue
5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
499 - 505
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-1978(199907)27:5<499:CONHBP>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A putative natural inter-specific orchid hybrid between Pterostylis alveata and P. ophioglossa from Fingal Point, New South Wales, Australia, with int ermediate morphological characters between the parents was tested using sta rch gel electrophoresis. Four enzyme systems, glucose phosphate isomerase ( GPI), uridine diphosphogluconic pyrophosphatase (UDP), malic enzyme (ME) an d leucine amino-peptidase (LAP), exhibited precisely the heterozygote patte rn in the hybrid plants demonstrating the presence of alleles from both par ents and distinguishing hybrid genotypes from the parental genotype. (C) 19 99 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.