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The European orchidsOrchis mascula, O. pallens and their hybrids have been analysed by enzyme electrophoresis on starch gels. The two species differ in the electrophoretic mobilities of four out of eight enzymes tested. Three enzymes, phosphoglucomutase, phosphoglucoisomerase and “malic enzyme” exhibit typical heterozygote patterns in the hybrid plants demonstrating the presence of both differing parental alleles. Thus, species identification is easy by the electrophoretic analysis of a low number of enzyme loci, and hybrids are detectable even if morphological characters fail.
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Steinbrück, G., Schlegel, M., Dahlström, I. et al. Characterization of interspecific hybrids betweenOrchis mascula andO. pallens (Orchidaceae) by enzyme electrophoresis. Pl Syst Evol 153, 229–241 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00983690
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