Stable gene expression in transgenic apple tree tissues and segregation of transgenes in the progeny — Preliminary evidence

Summary We report here, for the first time, the stable expression and Mendelian segregation of transgenes in a tree species. So far we have evidence for a 1 : 1 segregation of thenos gene in the R1 of transgenic apple progeny. In addition we present evidence for stable gene expression of bothnos and the co-transferred genenptII in the fruit flesh of the apple fruit some 7 years after the initial transformations.