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A cytological study of a large reciprocal translocation between chromosome V and VI inSecale cereale is reported. The translocation is identifiable both in root-tip squashes and at various stages of meiosis in pollen mother cells. The ease in identification, high fertility, and uniform behaviour irrespective of summer or winter background in diploid rye, makes this interchange a favourable standard stock for identification of other translocations and their use in a program of gene-location.
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Ahloowalia, B.S. Study of a translocation in diploid rye. Genetica 33, 128–144 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01725756
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