Mutagenicity of Selected Chemicals in Barley Test Systems

  • R. A. Nilan
  • J. Velemínský
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Abstract

Barley, Hordeum vulgare, has long been used as a model system in higher plants for studying the effects of a great number of physical and chemical mutagens. The advantages of this organism for analysis of mutagen effects include the following: (1) it is a true diploid; (2) it is a strict self-fertilizer; (3) it is easily grown in a relatively small space; (4) it has a low number (2n = 14) of large chromosomes whose alterations can be readily detected under a light microscope; and (5) it has a number of loci whose mutants are easily scored.

Keywords

Chromosome Aberration Chromosome Change Chemical Mutagen Ethyl Methanesulfonate Methyl Methanesulfonate 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • R. A. Nilan
    • 1
  • J. Velemínský
    • 2
  1. 1.Program in GeneticsWashington State UniversityPullmanUSA
  2. 2.Institute of Experimental Botany, Department of GeneticsCzechoslovak Academy of SciencesPraha 6Czechoslovakia

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