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Protoplasts from cultured cells of soybean (Glycine max L.) and from sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis L.) mesophyll cells were fused with polyethylene glycol and subsequently cultured for six days. The resulting fusion products as well as unfused protoplasts of each parental species regenerated cell walls and divided. The fusion products were characterized by the presence of soybean leucoplasts and sweet clover chloroplasts. The chloroplasts appeared to be degenerating but other cytoplasmic organelles were typical of actively growing plant cells. The fate of individual nuclei could not be determined.
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Fowke, L.C., Rennie, P.J., Kirkpatrick, J.W. et al. Ultrastructure of fusion products from soybean cell culture and sweet clover leaf protoplasts. Planta 130, 39–45 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00390842
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