Open AccessELECTROPHORETIC MUTANTS AS USEFUL MARKERS FOR CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS
Author(s) -
Roger A. Kleese,
R. L. Phillips
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.792
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1943-2631
pISSN - 0016-6731
DOI - 10.1093/genetics/72.3.537
Subject(s) - biology , mutant , electrophoresis , chromosome , genetics , esterase , gene , microbiology and biotechnology , phenotype , heterozygote advantage , enzyme , biochemistry , allele
The efficacy of using an electrophoretic mutant to mark chromosome aberrations was demonstrated for an interchange in maize. Using a closely-linked esterase gene (E 4), plants homozygous and heterozygous for this interchange and plants homozygous for the normal chromosomes were detectable in the seedling stage via an electrophoretic assay; the error was only 0.3%.
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