Genotyping Protocol: MMRRC 425. Assay Type: PCR - can distinguish heterozygous animals from homozygous animals. DNA Extraction: DNA from tail snips was ... - [Read Genotyping Protocol: T1320 mouse]
Alfalfa is an outcrossing species, cultivars consist of populations rather than individual homozygous or
inbred lines. After only two cycles of self-pollination, severe inbreeding depression eliminates selfed
individuals from populations. To obtain sufficient plant material of relative genetically uniformity (these
plants will still necessarily be heterozygous) for experimental purposes, it may be necessary to propagate a
single individual or clone. - [Read Vegetative Propagation of Alfalfa by Stem Cuttings]