Organization of paramutagenicity in R-stippled maize.

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In heterozygotes, R-stippled (R-st) reduces the pigmenting potential of sensitive r alleles heritably (paramutation). R-st is comprised of four r genes arranged in direct orientation. Unequal crossing over within R-st generates deletion products retaining from one to three r genes. Paramutagenic strength decreased in parallel with copy number, both among internal and distal deletions. Single-gene R-st derivatives...

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