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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation in natural Beta maritima populations has been characterized by way of Southern blot hybridizations of total DNA using non-radioactive probes and chemiluminescent detection. It was found that the previously described N (“normal”) mitochondrial type could be subdivided into three subtypes. A new mitochondrial genotype (type R) was distinguished in addition to the previously described type S. Both are male-sterile cytoplasms and can produce a. segregation of sexual phenotypes in their progenies depending on the nuclear background. The populations contained at least two to four different mitochondrial genotypes.
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Saumitou-Laprade, P., Rouwendal, G.J.A., Cuguen, J. et al. Different CMS sources found in Beta vulgaris ssp maritima: mitochondrial variability in wild populations revealed by a rapid screening procedure. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 85, 529–535 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00220909
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