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Allotetraploidization is the creation of artifical allotetraploids from a normally diploid species. The possible value of allotetraploid maize has been discussed in Section I of this series. Allotetraploidization of maize can be achieved by restructuring a maize genome so that its chromosomes will not pair with those of the standard maize genome. This restructuring can be done by concentrating differential pairing affinity (DPA) factors into a single line by a recurrent selection type of breeding program. Because the divergence of the maize genome is a gradual process, it is necessary to devise a model for chromosome pairing and gene segregation in segmental allotetraploids. This has been done by considering pairing in each arm separately and then combining paired arms to form pairing configurations for whole chromosomes. The chromosome disjunction patterns are hypothesized and genetic ratios in relation to different levels of DPA are suggested.
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Communicated by P.L. Pfahler
Contribution from the Science and Education Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Agronomy Department, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, Agricultural Experiment Station Journal Series No. 8090
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Doyle, G.G. The allotetraploidization of maize. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 54, 161–168 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00263046
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00263046