Article
Molecular analysis of the loss of somatic instability in the bz2::mu1 allele of maize.
Molecular & general genetics : MGG - 1 Sept 1991
Levy A A, Walbot V
Abstract excerpt
Multiple genetic and epigenetic changes were detected within one plant generation at the bz2::mu1 mutable allele in a population of 118 plants. Loss of somatic instability in bz2::mu1 was usually correlated with methylation of the Mu1 transposable element; in 6 plants, somatic instability was lost as a result of mutations in bz2::mu1. This is a surprisingly high frequency of mutation per allele (2.5%) for the...
Topics
- Alleles
- Anthocyanins
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Southern
- Chromosome Deletion
- Crosses, Genetic
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Methylation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis
- Restriction Mapping