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The production of symmetric
hybrids by protoplast fusion is a useful tool in breeding vegetatively
propagated crops. Particularly in potato the technique is accepted by the
breeding industry. Somatic hybridization has been used to combine
different valuable traits whilst maintaining a high level of heterozygosity
and also to overcome fertility barriers, based on the analytical synthetic
breeding scheme proposed by Wenzel et al. (1979). In contrast to sexual
combinations in somatic fusion the genetic information of the cytoplasms
is biparentally inherited. Therefore it is relevant to investigate the
new genetic configurations of the plasmones and the interaction with the
genome of different hybrids generated within a hybrid population of a single
fusion experiment.
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Wenzel G, Schieder O, Prezewzny
T, Sopory SK, Melchers G (1979)
Comparison of single-cell-culture
derived Solanum tuberosum L. plants and
a model for their application
in breeding programs.
Theor. Appl. Genet.
55: 49-55
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