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Selection for dormant and non-dormant seed in Sinapis arvensis was carried to the seventh and fourteenth generation, respectively. Crosses between the dormant and non-dormant lines clearly showed both a maternal and an embryonic component of seed dormancy. A model for the number of alleles controlling dormancy was constructed and tested. The maternal component of dormancy was shown to be controlled by a single locus with two alleles, the dormant allele being dominant to the non-dormant. No clear picture of the control of the embryonic component of dormancy was found.
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Garbutt, K., Witcombe, J. The inheritance of seed dormancy in Sinapis arvensis L.. Heredity 56, 25–31 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1986.5
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