Genetic variability of maternal plants and embryos of their seeds in the populations of Pinus kochiana Klotzsch ex Koch in Crimea
Journal: Cytology and Genetics
Year: 2016

Samples of trees and seed embryos of five Pinus kochiana Klotzsch ex Koch populations in Crimea were comparatively studied at 12 allozymic loci for its genetic variability and mating system. It has been shown that the embryos of seeds reproduce the allelic diversity of maternal plants, but the level of their observed heterozygosity (Ho) is significantly lower, i.e., 0.286 vs. 0.189, respectively. Unlike maternal trees, embryos are characterized by a significant divergence between the observed di