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  • From: "Stephen Sadler" <Docshiva@Docshiva.org>
  • To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Another strawberry question
  • Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 17:03:32 -0700

So the Beatles were right: Strawberry Fields IS an Octoploidy's garden...

Stephen

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[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Philip Stewart
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 12:29 PM
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Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Another strawberry question

Jim,

Believe me, I HAVE counted strawberry chromosomes.
Many, many cells worth. From both anthers and root tip
preps (it's neither fun nor easy). I have also checked
ploidy levels with flow cytometry. All commercial
edible strawberries are octoploids with 56
chromosomes, with only a few very, very minor
exceptions:







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