THE STABILITY OF BROKEN ENDS OF CHROMOSOMES IN ZEA MAYS

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Authors

Barbara McClintock · University of Missouri

Abstract

This article constitutes part of McClintock's larger body of work on ring chromosomes in which she found that the chromatid breakage-fusion-bridge (BFB) cycle occurred only in the germ cells and endosperm, while the chromosome BFB continued in the sporophyte, which meant that she could selectively produce persistent variegation in plant tissues.

Topics & Keywords

Plant tissue culture and regeneration Plant Reproductive Biology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: Genetics

Volume 26, Issue 2, pp. 234-282

DOI: 10.1093/genetics/26.2.234

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