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The Current Status of Chromosome Analysis in Wheat

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Chromosome Structure and Function

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The first definitive observations on the morphology (size and arm-ratio) of the chromosomes of common wheat (2n=67×=42) were made on monosomic laggard chromosomes at anaphase I or telophase II of meiosis of the 21 different monosomics (Morrison, 1953; Sears, 1954). These observations allowed the cytogenetic identifications of chromosomes 1B and 6B (satellited but with different arm ratios) and chromosome 5B, being highly heterobrachial with the longest long arm of the whole chromosome complement. The remaining chromosomes were not distinctive enough to be identified in somatic cells from the morphological data.

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Gill, B.S., Sears, R.G. (1988). The Current Status of Chromosome Analysis in Wheat. In: Gustafson, J.P., Appels, R. (eds) Chromosome Structure and Function. Stadler Genetics Symposia Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1037-2_14

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