Table 1.
Effect of pdc2 on Pollen Tube Growth in Vivo
| No. of Offspring |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | +/+ | pdc2/+ | pdc2/pdc2 | Probability |
| pdc2/+ | pdc2/+ | 139 | 202 | 27 | P < 0.0001 |
| pdc2/pdc2 | pdc2/+ | 96 | 12 | P < 0.0001 | |
| pdc2/+ | pdc2/pdc2 | 44 | 64 | P = 0.0543 | |
| +/+ | pdc2/+ | 87 | 20 | P < 0.0001 | |
| pdc2/+ | +/+ | 43 | 63 | P = 0.0521 | |
| +/+ | pdc2/pdc2 | 106 | |||
Table showing offspring ratio from crosses of plants carrying Pdc2 and pdc2 alleles. P, probability of obtaining by chance the observed variation from an expected 1:2:1 ratio in the selfing of a pdc2/+ plant or a 1:1 ratio in the subsequent crosses; boldface indicates significant deviation.