Electrical Correlates of Pure and Hybrid Strains of Sweet Corn
- 1 June 1943
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 29 (6) , 163-166
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.29.6.163
Abstract
The standing potential between opposite ends of the longitudinal axis of the kernel was measured in 4 pure and 3 hybrid strains of Zea mays. The point of attachment to the cob was invariably positive. Over 2,000 detns. indicate a statistically significant difference in voltage between each of the 7 strains even when they differed by only a single gene. The magnitude of the P.D. between the 3 hybrids was positively correlated with their differences in hybrid vigor. It is suggested that one way chromosomes impart design to protoplasm is through an electrodynamic field.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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