The Segregation of Organelles and Cytoplasmic Traits in Higher Plant Somatic Fusion Hybrids

The segregation of cytoplasmic traits in post-somatic fusion progeny is a multifactorial process. In this chapter I will asses the influence of the following factors on sorting-out: the physiological state of the parental protoplasts; the genome or cytoplasmic selection procedure; the intrinsic genome-orgenelle interrelationship.