Genetics & Genomics
Studies from Department of Agriculture add new findings in the area of genetics & genomics
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, October 28th, 2007
According to a study from the United States, "'Segregation distortion genes are widespread in plants and animals and function by their effect on competition among gametes for preferential fertilization. In this study, we evaluated the segregation distortion of molecular markers in multiple reciprocal backcross populations derived from unique cytogenetic stocks involving the durum cultivar Langdon (LDN) and wild emmer accessions that allowed us to study the effects of chromosome 5B in isolation."
"No segregation distortion of female gametes was observed, but three populations developed to analyze segregation of male gametes had genomic regions containing markers with...
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