Open AccessA new locus for colour formation in beet, Beta vulgaris L.
Author(s) -
LINDELAURSEN IB
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
hereditas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1601-5223
pISSN - 0018-0661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1972.tb00998.x
Subject(s) - biology , locus (genetics) , genetics , white (mutation) , gene , allele , genotype , knight , physics , astronomy
Beets of the white mangel strain, Gartons White Knight, have normal dominant colour genes at the R ‐ and G ‐loci. They do not express themselves because White Knight carries a recessive gene, p , the normal allele of which, P , is indispensable for colour formation. The P ‐gene is carried by most beet strains. The P ‐locus is closely linked to the two colour gene loci R and G . The white mangel strain, Gartons White Chief, has the same genotype for colour as Gartons White Knight, ppRRGG .