The production of somatic hybrids by protoplast fusion in the moss, Physcomitrella patens
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1617-4623
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Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
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Biology
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Summary A technique has been developed for the isolation of large numbers of protoplasts from protonemal tissue of Physcomitrella patens, and for their regeneration to give whole plants. Somatic hybrids have been selected following treatment of mixtures of protoplasts from complementary auxotrophic strains with 50 mM CaCl2 at high pH. The hybrids have a morphology different from that of normal haploid strains, but similar to that of aposporously produced diploids. The progeny resulting from selffertilisation of the hybrids show a segregation which is consistent with their being the products of meioses in an autotetraploid.
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Electronic Resource
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