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Using a Giemsa C-banding procedure three chromosome pairs (3, 6 and 7) have been identified in meiosis of the F1 of a cross between two rye inbred lines. Two of these chromosome pairs (3 and 7) were heterozygous for a prominent telomeric heterochromatic band. The comparison between the frequencies of the different meiotic configurations at metaphase I, anaphase I and metaphase II presented by these two chromosome pairs has allowed the estimation of the chiasma frequency and the genetic length of the chromosome arms 3 short and 7 long.
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Giraldez, R., Orellana, J. Metaphase I bonds, crossing-over frequency, and genetic length of specific chromosome arms of rye. Chromosoma 72, 377–385 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00331096
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00331096