Information obtained from chromosome observation is
necessary to elucidate the structure, function, organization, and
evolution of plants’ genes and genomes. For those reasons,
many studies have been conducted to observe chromosomes of
wild and cultivated strawberry plants of the genus Fragaria. first demonstrated the existence of diploid,
tetraploid, hexaploid, and octoploid strawberry plants more
than 80 years ago based on results obtained by counting the
somatic cells’ chromosomes.