Re: TC but on another note

Michael Hasemann (jmh@tko.vtt.fi)
Wed, 11 Jan 1995 11:12:47 +0200 (EET)

>
> While tissue culture is such a hot subject....
>
> Has anyone produced any plants by anther culture? I left out the
> "haploid" because I wasn't sure if CP's come in different ploidy
> levels besides diploid. Anyone set me straight?
>
> Cheers
> Terry
>
I have to check my files but I recall (I might be wrong though) that
P.vulgaris exists in different ploidies (sp?). The geographically
more nothern ones (Scandinavia) have a bigger chromosome set than
the more souther ones (Alps). I have to check the literature though.

..Michael

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