Table 2.
Results of crosses between and within Poa species
| Father |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. hiemata | P. phillipsiana | P. hothamensis | ||
| (A) Successful crosses | ||||
| Mother | P. hiemata | 42/67 | 2/3 | 1/2 |
| P. phillipsiana | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 | |
| P. hothamensis | 1/2 | 4/4 | 2/2 | |
| (B) Paternal resemblance | ||||
| Mother | P. hiemata | 1/5 | 1/1 | |
| P. phillipsiana | 5/5 | 5/7 | ||
| P. hothamensis | 1/1 | 7/16 | ||
A: number of crosses with successful germination expressed as a fraction of total crosses performed, for each cross type. B: number of offspring exhibiting the morphology of the paternal species as a fraction of the total offspring from each inter-species cross.