Isozyme analysis of Philippine bananas: its implications to evolution and classification
Professorial Chair Lecture
R. S. Benedicto Diamond Jubilee Professorial Chair
Place
PCD Training Room, Dept. of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, U.P Los Banos, College, Laguna
Date
12-18-1995
Abstract
Isozyme analysis was conducted on malate dehydrogenase(MDH), phosphoglucomutase(PGM). phosphogluconate dehydrogenase(PGD), glutamate dehydrogenase(GDH), glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase(GOT) and shikimic acid dehydrogenase(SkDH) using either polyacrylamide or starch gel. Results showed that cultivars belonging to the BB/BBB genome were distinct from those cultivars in the AA/AAA genome based on their banding patterns in MDH, GOT, GHD and to some extent with SkDH. Moreover, genetic variation was also observed to exist in the two wild and seeded M. balbisiana cultivars(•Butuhan' and 'Balayan'). It was postulated that edibility had risen in M. balbisiana independent from that of M. acuminate and a modified evolutionary pathway for cultivated bananas was proposed.
Location
UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section
Call Number
Sp. Col.
Recommended citation
Espino, Rene Rafael C., "Isozyme analysis of Philippine bananas: its implications to evolution and classification" (1995). Professorial Chair Lecture. 74.
https://www.ukdr.uplb.edu.ph/professorial_lectures/74
Pages/Collation
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