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The prolamine-gluteline complex of endosperm proteins was studied in Elymus fibrosus (Poaceae) by SDS electrophoresis. Generally, E. fibrosus is characterized by an extremely low level of variability for both morphological and biochemical traits. The average polypeptide similarity between accessions was 49.3%. Nevertheless, accession groups from Asian Russia and Finland involved in the study were clearly separated in the cladogram. This fact is in agreement with the reported results of allozyme and RAPD analyses. However, two West Siberian accessions were closer to the Finnish group than to other Asian ones.
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Original Russian Text © D.E. Gerus, A.V. Agafonov, 2011, published in Vavilovskii Zhurnal Genetiki i Selektsii, 2011, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 531–539.
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Gerus, D.E., Agafonov, A.V. Genetic diversity in natural Elymus fibrosus (Triticeae: Poaceae) populations assessed using endosperm storage proteins. Russ J Genet Appl Res 2, 58–64 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079059712010078
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