Genotypic variation within asexual lineages of Taraxacum officinale.

doi:10.1073/pnas.87.3.998

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Genotypic variation within asexual lineages of Taraxacum officinale.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 1 Feb 1990

King L M, Schaal B A

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Restriction site variation in DNA that encodes rRNA (rDNA) was surveyed among 714 offspring within 31 lineages (26 genotypes) of obligate asexually reproducing Taraxacum officinale (dandelions). Although clonal offspring are expected, plants with nonparental rDNA were produced from two parents th...

Topics

Alcohol Dehydrogenase
DNA, Ribosomal
Genetic Variation
Genotype
Nucleic Acid Hybridization
Plants
RNA, Ribosomal
Restriction Mapping

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