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The Use of Chromosome Deficient Plants in Cytogenetic Analyses of Alfalfa 1
Author(s) -
Stanford E. H.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1959.00021962005100080008x
Subject(s) - chromosome , biology , inheritance (genetic algorithm) , genetics , character (mathematics) , chromosome number , gene , karyotype , mathematics , geometry
Synopsis A method is outlined by which alfalfa plants deficient for one chromosome, properly called trisomic tetraploids, may be used to identify genetic characters with a particular chromosome. One association of this type between a chromosome and a genetic character, “sticky leaf,” is described. The method will be useful in determining which chromosomes give disomic and which tetrasomic inheritance in alfalfa.