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. 1997 Oct 28;94(22):12013–12017. doi: 10.1073/pnas.94.22.12013

Table 3.

Somatic chromosome number of BC2 genotypes from 5x × Tbr-4x and Tbr-4x × 5x crosses involving two pentaploid (2n = 5x = 60) BC1 hybrids (P3 and P5) and three tetraploid (2n = 4x = 48) varieties (Blondie, Carmine, and Tollocan)

Cross combination Genotypes analyzed, no. (%) Genotypes with 48, 49, etc. somatic chromosomes, no. (%)
48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
P5 × Tbr-4x 32 3 3 6 2 4 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0
P3 × Tbr-4x 12 0 0 0 2 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 1
 5x × Tbr-4x 44 3 3 6 4 5 9 9 3 1 0 0 0 1
(100) (6.8) (6.8) (13.6) (9.1) (11.5) (20.4) (20.4) (6.8) (2.3) (0) (0) (0) (2.3)
Tbr-4x × P5 10 0 1 1 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tbr-4x × P3 9 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
 Tbr-4x × 5x 19 0 1 1 2 4 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
(100) (0) (5.3) (5.3) (10.5) (21.0) (31.6) (10.5) (0) (10.5) (0) (0) (0) (5.2)
Total 63 3 4 7 6 9 15 11 3 3 0 0 0 2
(100) (4.8) (6.3) (11.1) (9.5) (14.3) (23.8) (17.5) (4.8) (4.8) (0) (0) (0) (3.2)