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The genotypic variation of 1180 progeny from 118 genitors belonging to five taxa ofPennisetum sect.Brevivalvula has been estimated by isoenzyme electrophoresis with observations on five enzymatic systems, in order to compare the type of reproduction in polyploid and diploid taxa. A total of 112 different isozyme genotypes has been found, over all taxa. Genotypic variation was found among all progeny of the diploid populations ofP. polystachion andP. subangustum, as a consequence of their sexual reproduction system. At the polyploid level the type of reproduction appears to be predominantly agamic, but genotypic variation in the progeny was not rare: five tetraploid and one hexaploidP. pedicellatum, one pentaploid and one hexaploidP. polystachion and one hexaploidP. hordeoides, in a total of 90 genitors. Genetic relationships have been observed between the diploid sexualP. polystachion andP. subangustum, and, to a lesser extent, with the tetraploids of the same taxa as well. TetraploidP. polystachion andP. pedicellatum share genotypes with most other chromosomal taxa.
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Schmelzer, G.H., Renno, J.F. Genotypic variation in progeny of the agamic grass complexPennisetum sectionBrevivalvula in West Africa. Pl Syst Evol 215, 71–83 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00984648
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