Frequent loss of the En transposable element after excision and its relation to chromosome replication in maize (Zea mays L.).

doi:10.1093/genetics/136.2.653

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Frequent loss of the En transposable element after excision and its relation to chromosome replication in maize (Zea mays L.).

Genetics - 1 Feb 1994

Dash S, Peterson P A

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A model of En transposition during chromosome replication is presented following a study of somatic events associated with the transposition of En in the endosperm tissue of the maize kernel. Two supporting assays, the excision and the postexcision events, were used in following these events. The...

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Alleles
Chromosomes
DNA Transposable Elements
Seeds
Zea mays

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