calcicola x cantabricus

Hi Brian
I suppose that the result of the cross N. calcicola with a nuclear DNA content of 26.6 pg and cantabricus with 14.5 pg will be sterile. Even when using the tetraploid cantabricus with 29 pg as this would give triploid offspring.

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