Claim · model-written summary
Mu mutator activity seemed restricted to shortly before or during meiosis.
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Verbatim
e0“the mutator activity of Mu does not occur throughout the ontogeny of the plant and seems to be restricted to a time shortly before and/or during meiosis”
t0“MAIZE”
Title
THE TIMING OF Mu ACTIVITY IN MAIZE
Donald S Robertson Genetics 1980. doi:10.1093/genetics/94.4.969
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation In male outcrosses 18.6% of phenotypically similar Mu mutants were allelic.
- Observation Premeiotic Mu mutants were induced.
- Observation Ear maps revealed seed sectors producing phenotypically similar allelic mutants.
- Association Small sector size suggested very late premeiotic Mu activity.
- Observation No visible sectors were found in mature sporophyte, endosperm or aleurone tissue.