Table 1. Summary of inheritance of maternal (AAB genome) and paternal (AA genome) VNTR amplification fragments in the full-sib 2x and 4x progeny populations.

	Maternal fragments		Paternal fragments
	(Obino l'Ewai)		(Calcutta 4)
	#	%	#	%
Diploid progeny
Segregation	10	46	15	65
No segregation	8	36	3	13
Absent	4	18	5	22
Tetraploid progeny
Segregation	18	82a	20	87b
No segregation	4	18	1	4
Absent	0	0	2	9

^a segregation of 7 fragments solely due to absence of that fragment in TMPx 548-9
^b segregation of 1 fragment solely due to absence of that fragment in TMPx 548-9