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Comparison of inheritance in tetraploid potatoes and polyploidy wild Solanum species
| Feature | Species example | Segregation | Multivalent in meiosis | Chromatid segregation | Fertility | Key references | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetrasomic cultivars | tetraploid | S. tuberosum | Tetrasomic and variable | Yes | Possible | Low to medium |
Allard (1960) Bradshaw (1994) Ortiz and Watanabe (2004) |
| Disomic species (4x, 6x) | polyploid | 4x: S. acaule, S. stoloniferum, 6x: S. demissum | Disomic | No | No | Very high | Watanabe and Orrillo (1994) |
