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Analyses of heterogeneity in legumin subunit patterns, legumin precursor polypeptides, and restriction fragments containing legumin genes have shown thatPisum (pea) genotypes vary in the extent of gene and polypeptide divergence but not in the degree of gene reiteration. Genotypes containing single and multiple αM subunits had the same numbers of legumin genes. The potential value of this heterogeneity in genetical analyses is outlined.
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This work was supported by the Agricultural and Food Research Council via a grant-in-aid to the John Innes Institute. We acknowledge financial support from Agrigenetics Corporation, Boulder, Colorado, and from the CEC Biomolecular Engineering Programme, Contract GBI-4-113-UK.
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March, J.F., Domoney, C. & Casey, R. Legumin heterogeneity inPisum . Biochem Genet 25, 449–458 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00554347
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