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Seeds of doubt: Mendel's choice of Hieracium to study inheritance, a case of right plant, wrong trait.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Dec 2016
Bicknell Ross, Catanach Andrew, Hand Melanie, Koltunow Anna
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KEY MESSAGE: In this review, we explore Gregor Mendel's hybridization experiments with Hieracium , update current knowledge on apomictic reproduction and describe approaches now being used to develop true-breeding hybrid crops. From our perspective, it is easy to conclude that Gregor Mendel's work on pea was insightful, but his peers clearly did not regard it as being either very convincing or of much importance....
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