Term for pure-bloodedness in living organisms, in contrast to heterozygosity, which is predominant in humans and grapevines; see there.
Term for the existence of different trait variants (alleles) at the same gene loci of homologous chromosomes. A trait occurs twice (diploid) in a double set of chromosomes and often occurs in two different variants in grapevines. In relation to all grapevine varieties, however, a particular characteristic can exist in up to 30 different variants, whereby only two of the possible alleles are realised at one gene locus in a grapevine. In sexual reproduction, only one single set of chromosomes is passed on per parent.
In the vine, this is realised by the germination of a fertilised seed of the berry into a plant (seedling). Which of the two homologous chromosomes of a...
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