Abstract
It is well known that Mendel chose peas as the study material for his experiments that are the cornerstone of genetics. Nonetheless, it is less known that he also experimented with other legumes although with reduced success, or that Darwin also experimented with legumes. During the first decade of the twentieth century, peas were the favorite material used to verify Mendel’s results. Although genetics after that time primarily developed using other eukaryotic organisms or microorganisms, legumes pertain to the core material that allowed Vavilov to develop his Law of Homologous Series in Variation. They have also been used as a model to study plant-microbe symbiotic relationships that enable the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen, making them one of the biological models of the genomic age. Over the last five years, several genome sequences of cultivated legume species have been published, with many more to be made public in the upcoming years. Consequently, the amount of theoretical knowledge accumulating in this area and its application in plant breeding are increasing exponentially.
Highlights
The Royal Prussian Academy of Sci- fore the Horticultural Society on the same subject, ences in 1819 and 1828 (Does hybrid fertilization occur but owing to the fact that the number of the seeds in the Plant Kingdom?); the Royal Netherlands Acad- had not been totaled, the results were not suitable emy of Sciences in 1830 Haarlem (What does experi- for scientific purposes, nor did they arouse attention, ence teach regarding the production of new species any more than had those of Goss, except for the furand varieties, through the artificial fertilization of flow- ther work carried out by Mendel (Roberts, 1929)
RESUMEN: Es conocido que Mendel escogió los guisantes como material para realizar los experimentos que son la piedra fundacional de la Genética
Cold-season legumes, along with wheat and barley, economic and ornamental plants can be produced and are part of the first group of plant species domesticat- multiplied in this way?), or the Faculty of Philosophy at ed 10,000-11,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent, set- the University of Munich in 1834 on the definition and a318 ting the foundation on which the origin of agricultural variability of species (Roberts, 1919; Jahn et al, 1990)
Summary
The Royal Prussian Academy of Sci- fore the Horticultural Society on the same subject, ences in 1819 and 1828 (Does hybrid fertilization occur but owing to the fact that the number of the seeds in the Plant Kingdom?); the Royal Netherlands Acad- had not been totaled, the results were not suitable emy of Sciences in 1830 Haarlem (What does experi- for scientific purposes, nor did they arouse attention, ence teach regarding the production of new species any more than had those of Goss, except for the furand varieties, through the artificial fertilization of flow- ther work carried out by Mendel (Roberts, 1929).
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