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B-chromosomes in inbred lines of rye (Secale cereale L.)

I. Vigour and fertility

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B-chromosomes from an experimental population of the Japanese JNK strain of rye, isogenic for its Bs, have been backcrossed into twelve different inbred lines. The experiment provides a way to study the effects of the Bs against a range of homozygous A-chromosome backgrounds. This publication deals with vigour and fertility: it shows that the rye Bs fit a parasitic model, and that they interact in their effects with the A-chromosome background genotype.

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  1. Departamentao de Genetica, Facultad de Biologia, Universidad Complutense, 28040, Madrid, Spain

    M. M. Jiménez, E. Romera & M. J. Puertas

  2. Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Aberystwyth, Sir George Stapledon Building, SY23 3DD, Aberystwyth, UK

    R. N. Jones

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Jiménez, M.M., Romera, E., Puertas, M.J. et al. B-chromosomes in inbred lines of rye (Secale cereale L.). Genetica 92, 149–154 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00132533

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