Sporophytic nondisjunction of the maize B chromosome at high copy numbers

Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-84

  Masonbrink, Rick E ^a   Birchler, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

B chromosome; maize; nondisjunction; odd even effect; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAIZE; MITOSIS; NONDISJUNCTION; POLLEN DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SPOROPHYTE;

CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, PLANT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; NONDISJUNCTION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 76549129593     PISSN: 16738527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1673-8527(09)60027-8     Document Type: Article

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