Genetic Variation Among Wild and Cultivated Beets of the Section Beta as Revealed by RFLP Analysis

• The level of genetic variation detected among 7 sugar beet and 4 fodder beet breeding lines was compared to the variation found among 21 accessions of wild beets of the section Beta. RFLP analysis used a set of 32 sugar beet DNA sequences as probes to score a total of 351 bands over all accessions. The band data was used to calculate genetic distances between all pairs of accessions. The distance estimates were subsequently used in a cluster analysis to produce a dendrogram of genetic distances. The analysis unambiguously defined all accessions and clearly defined a fodder beet cluster within the sugar beet cluster. The cultivated beets were all separated from the wild beets. The sugar beet breeding lines showed a considerable amount of genetic variation, comparable with the level of variation detected among the wild beet accessions.

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NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Biological Sciences -- Botany (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Biologiska vetenskaper -- Botanik (hsv//swe)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES  -- Agricultural Science, Forestry and Fisheries -- Agricultural Science (hsv//eng)

LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER  -- Lantbruksvetenskap, skogsbruk och fiske -- Jordbruksvetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Biologi (hsv//swe)

LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER  -- Lantbruksvetenskap, skogsbruk och fiske (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Biological Sciences (hsv//eng)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES  -- Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (hsv//eng)

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