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The mode of plastid transmission in the garden pea (Pisum sativum L.) was analyzed cytologically using the DNA-fluorochrome 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) in conjunction with epifluorescence microscopy. The reproductive cells of mature pollen obtained from 12 inbred lines and cv “Early Alaska” were examined for the presence or absence of DAPI-stained plastid DNA aggregates. Plastid DNA was detected in all 13 pea lines examined, although there was variability with regard to the percentage of pollen graines showing plastid DNA aggregates of generative cells (ranging from 3% in accession 82-12r to 65% in accession 82-14n). These cytological results may indicate genetic variability for plastic DNA inheritance in the garden pea.
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Corriveau, J.L., Polans, N.O. & Coleman, A.W. Cultivar variability for the presence of plastid DNA in pollen of Pisum sativum L.: implications for plastid transmission. Curr Genet 16, 47–51 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00411083
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