Open AccessInheritance of esterases in needles and endosperms of Norway spruce ( Picea abies K.)
Author(s) -
LUNDKVIST KENNETH
Publication year - 1977
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.1601-5223.1977.tb01241.x
Subject(s) - isozyme , esterase , biology , mendelian inheritance , locus (genetics) , picea abies , inheritance (genetic algorithm) , restriction fragment length polymorphism , genetics , clone (java method) , botany , starch , gene , enzyme , biochemistry , genotype
Needles and seeds from 15 different clones of Picea abies were used in analyses of esterase isozymes. Four polymorphic esterase loci could be detected in preparations of endosperms and one locus in needle extracts, using starch‐gel electrophoresis. The inheritance of isozymes in the latter locus was studied in 11 crosses between the clones. Although some obscurities in the inheritance of esterase isozymes are noted, the major part of the crosses indicates a Mendelian inheritance from parental clone to progeny.