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A PLANT with a somatic chromosome number of 24 was found among an F 1 population of a cross between the tetraploid Solanum tuberosum variety Katahdin and the cultivated South American diploid species Solanum rybinii, This plant resembles the female parent Katahdin and lacks any of the distinctive characters of the male parent S. rybinii. It is therefore presumed to be a haploid plant of Katahdin which arose through parthenogenesis.
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HOUGAS, R., PELOQUIN, S. A Haploid Plant of the Potato Variety Katahdin. Nature 180, 1209–1210 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1801209a0
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