TY  - JA
AU  - Evans,D.A.
AU  - Sharp,W.R.
AU  - Medina-Filho,H.P.
TI  - Somaclonal and gametoclonal variation
SN  - 0002-9122
PY  - 1984///
CY  - United States of America
PB  - John Wiley & Sons
KW  - Somaclonal variation
KW  - AGROVOC
KW  - Cell culture
KW  - Genetic variation
KW  - Breeding lines
KW  - Plant breeding
N1  - Peer review
N2  - For several years it has been recognized that introduction of plant cells into culture results in genetic changes. These genetic alterations have been recovered in the plants regenerated from cell cultures. More recently it has been recognized that this method of introducing genetic changes into crop plants could be used to develop new breeding lines. The technology of introducing genetic variation by using cell culture has been termed somaclonal and gametoclonal variation. This paper reviews the history of this technology and offers genetic documentation of somaclonal variation in tomato. As this variation represents a new tool for the plant breeder, breeding strategies for the use of this variation are presented and discussed. Somaclonal and gametoclonal variation are new tools for the geneticist and plant breeder that permit reduction in the time period for new variety development and that permit access to new classes of genetic variation
T2  - American Journal of Botany
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1537-2197.1984.tb14141.x
ER  -