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Lotus corniculatus is a segmental allotetraploid1,2 which frequently exhibits chromosomal tetrasomic inheritance3–7. We have investigated the inheritance of pubescence, a chlorophyll deficiency, cyanogenesis, flower colour, streaks on the corolla, keel tip colour and self-incompatibility. We obtained evidence for chromosomal tetrasomic inheritance with each characteristic studied. However, we also found a number of crosses which do not give good fits to those expected with tetrasomic inheritance and feel these warrant further study.
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BUBAR, J., MIRI, R. Inheritance of Self-incompatibility and Brown Keel Tip in Lotus corniculatus L.. Nature 205, 1035–1036 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2051035a0
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