title: [Graft hybridization and the specificity of heredity in fruit trees].
abstract: Emphatically discusses the relationship between graft hybridization and the specificity of heredity in fruit trees on the basis of introducing the recent achievements in plant graft hybridization. We propose that genetic materials in rootstock being translocated and integrated into the genome of the germ cells and embryonic cells in scion are the main reasons why the majority of the hybrid seedlings have wild properties and the heredity of fruit trees violate Mendel's laws of heredity. The potential of graft hybridization in fruit breeding are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Henan Vocation-Technical Teachers College, Xinxiang 453 003, China. ysliu63@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Yong-Sheng
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Bao-Yin
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Gui-Rong
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiu-Mei
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D001947:Breeding; D002681:China; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D004739:England; D005638:Fruit / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D005823:Genetics / Q000266:history; D040941:Heredity; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D063245:Plant Development; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics*