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Detection of Polyploidy

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Polyploidy: Recent Trends and Future Perspectives

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Earlier, polyploidy was detected on the basis of only a few morphological, cytological and genetic criteria. However, it may not be correct to characterize polyploidy on the above structural basis only because the chromosome pairing behaviour is also affected by other factors (Otto 2007). Polyploids have distinct morphology as compared to their diploid counterparts. Increased cell size that results in thicker and broader leaves and larger flowers and fruits is often associated with polyploidy. These characters are often used to identify putative polyploids, when screening of large number of plants has to be done. Larger pollen size and stomata are also often used to detect polyploidy. Although Stebbins (1950) had successfully used morphological criteria as evidence for finding the progenitor of the B-genome, yet some controversy still exists. Besides morphology, biochemical compounds, such as secondary metabolites, seed proteins and isozymes, have been also used to investigate progenitor of allopolyploids.

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    Tanvir-Ul-Hassan Dar

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    Reiaz-Ul Rehman

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Dar, TUH., Rehman, RU. (2017). Detection of Polyploidy. In: Polyploidy: Recent Trends and Future Perspectives. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3772-3_4

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