Maize Genetics

Maize Genetics

Contributor(s):
Carnegie Institution of Washington Yearbook
McClintock, Barbara, 1902-1992
Publication:
Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1946
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Mutation
Chromosome Breakage
Cytogenetics
Zea mays
Mosaicism
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Articles
Abstract:
McClintock described further experiments on the new mutable genes she discovered in her 1944 research on plant B-87. She noted that one of the mutables in the descendants of plant B-87 could not be explained by BFB or ring behavior, and exhibited characteristics that indicated that mutation rates and timing were controlled. From these observations, McClintock began to formulate the hypothesis that would be the basis of her research for the next two decades.
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Extent:
11 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584613X30 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
LLBBCL
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584613X30
Archival Collection:
The Barbara McClintock Papers (Profiles in Science)