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Document Type
Research
Abstract
Mutable systems possess transposable elements that cause mutability of associated gene loci. The En system (composed of I and En) was used to test the induction of mutability of two selected loci, A2, and C possessing the normal alleles. In a test of over five million gametes one mutable was found at each of the selected sites as well as two others, both dominant and non-allelic to the selected sites. It appears that this low rate of induction of mutability (as compared to other reports) is a consequence of the non-randomness of site selection; i.e., a certain physical chromosomal continuity abets the transposition of elements to selected sites.
Publication Date
1963
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
70
Issue
1
First Page
129
Last Page
134
Copyright
©1963 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Peterson, Peter A.
(1963)
"Influence of Mutable Genes on Induction of Instability in Maize,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 70(1), 129-134.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol70/iss1/27