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A method of genetic analysis is proposed for determination of the mode of inheritance of environmentally and ontogenetically stable isoenzyme phenotypes as expressed in angiospermous forest trees. This method also applies to higher plant and animal species characterized by multiple matings of single female parents. The modes of inheritance considered are codominance in the absence and the presence of a (recessive) null allele. The analyzed material consists of zymograms of single maternal trees and their progenies (as seeds or seedlings) from open pollination. Such data is more easily obtained than controlled crosses and can represent the total variation in the population. The genetic analysis requires only the basic assumptions of classical Mendelian analysis, which make use only of the elementary mechanisms of meiosis and fertilization. Additional assumptions on the mating system, such as those required by the mixed mating model, are not needed. The results confirm the need for explicit genetic analysis of zymograms.
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Gillet, E., Hattemer, H. Genetic analysis of isoenzyme phenotypes using single tree progenies. Heredity 63, 135–141 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1989.84
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