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Isozyme Analysis of Plant Mating Systems

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Isozymes in Plant Biology

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The last decade has seen a marked increase in the number of genetical studies of plant mating systems. Earlier detailed work had largely been limited to economic plants in which morphological markers were available. Fryxell (1957) comprehensively reviewed this period and compiled an extensive list of all plant species studied. Each species was classified into one of seven classes according to its predominant mode of reproduction. Classification was based either on genetical evidence (from the segregation of morphological marker genes) or on studies of reproductive morphology and development. Table 3.1 gives the total number of taxa in each class as listed by Fryxell, and shows the diversity of plant mating systems, even at this simplified level.

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Brown, A.H.D., Burdon, J.J., Jarosz, A.M. (1989). Isozyme Analysis of Plant Mating Systems. In: Soltis, D.E., Soltis, P.S., Dudley, T.R. (eds) Isozymes in Plant Biology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1840-5_4

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