Abstract
Genetic methods for detection and analysis of translocations are described and illustrated with the case of a translocation involving linkage groups I and VII. Methods are outlined for ascertaining standard chromosome complements in stock strains ofA. nidulans, which show high frequency of translocations, and the general importance of chromosomal rearrangements in micro-organisms is emphasized.
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Käfer, E. Translocations in stock strains ofAspergillus nidulans . Genetica 33, 59–68 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01725748
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