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Near-normal chiasma formation and maintenance in a short distal translocated segment in maize

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Study of successful crossover pairing and chiasma formation is informatively extended to a very short translocated segment. Contrary to previous suggestion it now seems likely that the extreme distal region of the long arm of maize chromosome 1 is not deficient in intrinsic capacity for the initiation of crossover pairing. In addition, chiasmata formed in this short region appear to be efficiently maintained.

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of Texas, 78712, Austin, TX, U.S.A.

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Maguire, M.P. Near-normal chiasma formation and maintenance in a short distal translocated segment in maize. Genetica 79, 129–132 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00057930

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