Genetics, Vol 136, 281-294, Copyright © 1994


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Genetic Analysis of 63 Mutations Affecting Maize Kernel Development Isolated From Mutator Stocks

M. J. Scanlon, P. S. Stinard, M. G. James, A. M. Myers and D. S. Robertson
Departments of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 Present address: Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720.

Sixty-three mutations affecting development of the maize kernel were isolated from active Robertson's Mutator (Mu) stocks. At least 14 previously undescribed maize gene loci were defined by mutations in this collection. Genetic mapping located 53 of these defective kernel (dek) mutations to particular chromosome arms, and more precise map determinations were made for 21 of the mutations. Genetic analyses identified 20 instances of allelism between one of the novel mutations and a previously described dek mutation, or between new dek mutations identified in this study; phenotypic variability was observed in three of the allelic series. Viability testing of homozygous mutant kernels identified numerous dek mutations with various pleiotropic effects on seedling and plant development. The mutations described here presumably arose by insertion of a Mu transposon within a dek gene; thus, many of the affected loci are expected to be accessible to molecular cloning via transposon-tagging.


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