Somatic mutations caused by excision of the transposable element, Tpn1, from the DFR gene for pigmentation in sub-epidermal layer of periclinally chimeric flowers of Japanese morning glory and their germinal transmission to their progeny

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 499-504

  Inagaki, Y ^a,b,c   Hisatomi, Y ^a,d   Iida, S ^a,d  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Germinal transmission; Japanese morning glory; Periclinal chimera; Somatic mutation; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030443815     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00224550     Document Type: Article

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