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Note on the inheritance of the king edward type of colour in potatoes

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    The potato varieties King Edward and Gladstone are simplex for the geneK which produces areas of pink pigment in the periderm of the tubers, and nulliplex for the geneR.

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    The variety Flourball is nulliplex forK, and simplex for the geneR which produces pink colour in the outer layer of the cortex of potato tubers.

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    G. P. Carson & H. W. Howard

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Carson, G.P., Howard, H.W. Note on the inheritance of the king edward type of colour in potatoes. Journ. of Genetics 46, 358–360 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02989276

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