''Fragaria moupinensis'' is a species of
wild strawberry native to
China.
[G.M. Darrow, The Strawberry: History, Breeding and Physiology. page 114](_blank)
/ref> It is similar in appearance to '' F. nilgerrensis''.
All strawberries have a base monoploid
Ploidy () is the number of complete sets of chromosomes in a cell, and hence the number of possible alleles for autosomal and pseudoautosomal genes. Sets of chromosomes refer to the number of maternal and paternal chromosome copies, respective ...
count of 7 chromosomes
A chromosome is a long DNA molecule with part or all of the genetic material of an organism. In most chromosomes the very long thin DNA fibers are coated with packaging proteins; in eukaryotic cells the most important of these proteins are ...
. ''Fragaria moupinensis'' is tetraploid
Polyploidy is a condition in which the cells of an organism have more than one pair of ( homologous) chromosomes. Most species whose cells have nuclei (eukaryotes) are diploid, meaning they have two sets of chromosomes, where each set contains ...
, having 4 pairs of these chromosomes for a total of 28 chromosomes.
References
External links
G.M. Darrow, The Strawberry: History, Breeding and Physiology. Online version, chapter 8.
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