Summary
We have analyzed the footprints left by a single Ac transposable element during its intragenic transposition to different positions in the maize P gene. One site appears to have been visited twice by transposons, indicating that it may be an insertion hot spot. Implications of this finding for the origin of the P-vv allele are discussed. Analysis of transposon footprints may prove generally useful for establishing pedigree relationships among gene alleles.
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Grotewold, E., Athma, P. & Peterson, T. A possible hot spot for Ac insertion in the maize P gene. Molec. Gen. Genet. 230, 329–331 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00290684
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