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THE INHERITANCE OF ACENAPHTHENE TOLERANCE IN NEUROSPORA SITOPHILA
Author(s) -
Whittingham W. F.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1962.tb15021.x
Subject(s) - biology , acenaphthene , neurospora , inheritance (genetic algorithm) , botany , genetics , gene , pyrene , astrobiology , mutant , neurospora crassa
W hittingham , W. F. (U. Wisconsin, Madison.) The inheritance of acenaphthene tolerance in Neurospora sitophila . Amer. Jour. Bot. 49(8): 866–869. 1962.— Acenaphthene‐tolerant strains of N. sitophila , a species that normally does not grow in the presence of the fungistatic hydrocarbon, were isolated. The growth rates of the tolerant strains were less than those exhibited by the parental cultures, especially when acenaphthene was present in the medium. However, the tolerant character was stable for at least 5 generations and apparently resulted from a single‐gene mutation as judged from mating experiments.