title: Mode of reproduction in Arabidopsis suecica.
abstract: The breeding system of Arabidopsis suecica was investigated through genetic analysis of microsatellite segregation patterns in five controlled crosses as well as in 16 single-mother families collected in the wild. Analysis of single and two-locus segregations in the F2 generation following a cross clearly shows that A. suecica is reproduces sexually. The single-mother families show a high level of homozygosity corroborating earlier results indicating a high level of inbreeding. The high level of individual homozygosity is due both to a high level of selfing and to the underlying population structure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Organism Biology, Genetics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. torbjorn.sall@cob.lu.se
authors.forename: Torbjörn
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Säll
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lind-Halldén
authors.forename: Mattias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jakobsson
authors.forename: Christer
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Halldén
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012098:Reproduction / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D018744:DNA, Plant