Use of 2n Gametes in Plant Breeding
2012
Genome doubling (polyploidization) has played a major role in the evolution and diversification of the plant kingdom and is regarded as an important mechanism of speciation and adaptation in plants (Otto & Whitton, 2000). The term ploidy refers to the number of basic chromosome sets (represented by ‘x’) present in a somatic plant cell (2n) or gamete (n). Scaling whole sets of chromosomes up or down is a powerful and commonly applied strategy to produce altered genotypes for breeding purposes.
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