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A preliminary screening of proteins and isozymes in the oil palm was investigated with a view to using the data in discriminating oil palm fruit forms. Protein and enzyme staining was carried out using pollen tissue. Repeatable bands of proteins which showed reproducable variation in banding patterns were obtained. Low percentage similarities between the groups compared for protein banding patterns were obtained. A single enzyme esterase extracted from pollen tissue exhibited repeatable variation between species only. It was intended to obtain information that would supplement morphological markers through electrophoretic data in the identification of different fruit forms of the oil palm.
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Ataga, C.D., Fatokun, C.A. Disc polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of pollen proteins in the oil palm (Elaeis). Euphytica 40, 83–88 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00023301
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