TY - JOUR
T1 - Inheritance of yellow-flowered characteristic and yellow pigments in diploid cyclamen (Cyclamen persicum Mill.) cultivars
AU - Takamura, Takejiro
AU - Tomihama, Tsuyoshi
AU - Miyajima, Ikuo
PY - 1995/10
Y1 - 1995/10
N2 - The mode of inheritance of the yellow-flowered phenotype of yellow-flowered cyclamen was investigated. All F1 progenies obtained by reciprocal crosses between yellow- and white-flowered cultivars were white-flowered and did not contain chalcone, the main pigment of yellow-flowered cyclamen. The segregation ratio of flower colors in most of F2 and BC1 progenies fitted the expected Mendelian ratio, showing that the yellow-flowered phenotype was controlled by a single recessive gene. The petals of all yellow-flowered plants in F2 and BC1 progenies contained chalcone. It is suggested that a single recessive gene causes the lack or defectiveness of chalcone-flavanone isomerase and determines the yellow-flowered phenotype.
AB - The mode of inheritance of the yellow-flowered phenotype of yellow-flowered cyclamen was investigated. All F1 progenies obtained by reciprocal crosses between yellow- and white-flowered cultivars were white-flowered and did not contain chalcone, the main pigment of yellow-flowered cyclamen. The segregation ratio of flower colors in most of F2 and BC1 progenies fitted the expected Mendelian ratio, showing that the yellow-flowered phenotype was controlled by a single recessive gene. The petals of all yellow-flowered plants in F2 and BC1 progenies contained chalcone. It is suggested that a single recessive gene causes the lack or defectiveness of chalcone-flavanone isomerase and determines the yellow-flowered phenotype.
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U2 - 10.1016/0304-4238(95)00834-X
DO - 10.1016/0304-4238(95)00834-X
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0029188175
VL - 64
SP - 55
EP - 63
JO - Scientia Horticulturae
JF - Scientia Horticulturae
SN - 0304-4238
IS - 1-2
ER -