NONDISJUNCTION: LOCALIZATION OF THE CONTROLLING SITE IN THE MAIZE B CHROMOSOME

1 Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Nondisjunction of the B chromosome in maize has been considered to be controlled by heterochromatin in its long arm. Experiments reported here indicate that the control site actually lies in a short, relatively euchromatic segment distal to the major heterochromatin of the long arm.

Submitted on October 30, 1972




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