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Monogenic inheritance has been established for the following characters of the jute plant:
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Bitter-non-bitter taste (Tb-tb) inC. capsularis.
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Yellow-light yellow anther colour (Ay-ay) inC. capsularis.
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Yellow-light yellow corolla-anther colour (Py o -py o ) inC. olitorius.
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The following linkage relationships have been established:
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Bitter taste and branching habit factor pairs are linked with 22·2% crossing-over value.
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The corolla and anther colour factor pairs inC. capsularis are completely linked, while inC. olitorius corolla colour and anther colour expression is probably controlled by the same factor pair.
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The genes ofC. capsularis described here have been shown to be located in five groups.
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The corolla-anther factor pair inC. olitorius has been shown to be independent of the anthocyanin multiple allelomorphs.
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Ghose, R.L.M., Rao, K.R. & Kundu, B.C. The genetics ofCorchorus (jute). Journ. of Genet 49, 14–22 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02986378
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