HERITABLE CHARACTERS IN MAIZE

1 September 1928

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Heredity

Vol. 19 (9) , 399-404
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a103030

Abstract

1. A fourth gene for the tassel seed type of plant has been discovered in maize and designated ts₄. 2. Tassel seed-4 behaves as a simple Mendelian recessive to the normal maize plant. 3. Linkage tests indicate that T s₄ts₄ is probably inherited independently of the Pr pr, Y y, B b and V₂v₂ factor pairs. 4. A slight indication of linkage exists beteween Ts₄ts₄ and the A a factor pair for Anthocyanin pigment but the evidence is not conclusive. The data fit an hypothesis of 44.8 per cent crossing-over.

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