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A plasmodial colour mutation in the Myxomycete Physarum polycephalum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

R. W. Anderson
R. W. Anderson
Affiliation:
Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, England

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A spontaneous mutation conferring white plasmodial colour on the Myxomycete Physarum polycephalum has been analysed. The mutant whi-1 allele is recessive to whi+ in both heterokaryotic and heterozygous plasmodia. The whi locus is unlinked to mt, npfA, fusA and leu.

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Short paper
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , December 1977 , pp. 301 - 306
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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