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Genetic analysis of actidione-resistant mutants in the Myxomycete Physarum polycephalum, Schw.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Jennifer Dee
Jennifer Dee
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University College London, W.C.I

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1. Improved methods for the culture and preservation of Physarum polycephalum amoebae have been developed.

2. Strains of amoebae have been isolated which are stably resistant to 4, 8 or 16 μg./ml. actidione.

3. Sensitivity vs. resistance to 4 μg./ml. actidione is probably controlled by a single pair of alleles at a locus unlinked to the mating-type locus.

4. Plasmodia homozygous or heterozygous for the allele determining resistance at this locus are no more resistant to actidione than plasmodia homozygous for the allele determining sensitivity.

Type
Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , August 1966 , pp. 101 - 110
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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