The Journal of Heredity 1981:72(5):354-355
© 1981 The American Genetic Association 72:354-355
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A compensating trisomic in pearl millet
Indian Council of Agricultural Research New Delhi
Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana, India
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Abstract
A compensating trisomic was isolated from the progeny of a multiple interchange trisomic in pearl millet, Pennisetum typhoides. It showed the characteristic morphological features of trisomy and formed a chain-of-seven chromosomes with the absence of a ring-of-four-or-six chromosomes.