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Three types of β-amylase isozyme pattern (Sdd, Sde, and Sdf) were observed in the doughy endosperm stage of ripening barley grains. From crosses between Sdd and Sdf types, it was concluded that these phenotypes are controlled by a pair of codominant alleles. Preliminary studies on the distribution of these β-amylase zymotypes indicated that this polymorphism in developing grain is related to a β-amylase polymorphism in barley malt.
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Allison, M.J., Ellis, R.P. The inheritance of β-amylases in developing barley grain. Biochem Genet 10, 165–173 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00485763
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