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Comparison of Spinach Sex Chromosomes with Sugar Beet Autosomes Reveals Extensive Synteny and Low Recombination at the Male-Determining Locus.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2016
Takahata Satoshi, Yago Takumi, Iwabuchi Keisuke, Hirakawa Hideki, Suzuki Yutaka, Onodera Yasuyuki
Abstract excerpt
Spinach (Spinacia oleracea, 2n = 12) and sugar beet (Beta vulgaris, 2n = 18) are important crop members of the family Chenopodiaceae ss Sugar beet has a basic chromosome number of 9 and a cosexual breeding system, as do most members of the Chenopodiaceae ss. family. By contrast, spinach has a basic chromosome number of 6 and, although certain cultivars and genotypes produce monoecious plants, is considered to be...
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