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Genic determination of the autogamy trait in the hypotrich ciliate, Euplotes crassus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Fernando Dini  and
Pierangelo Luporini
Fernando Dini
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaM5S 1A1
Pierangelo Luporini
Affiliation:
Istituto di Zoologia, Universita' di Pisa, Pisa Italy and Istituto di Zoologia, Universita' di Camerino, Camerino, Italy

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Cross-fertilizing stocks of Euplotes crassus, differing as to the ability to undergo autogamy, were subjected to breeding analysis. The resulting data are consistent with the interpretation that a single locus (a) with a pair of alleles (a+; a−) controls the ability to undergo autogamy. The two alleles express a simple dominance relationship in which the dominant allele (a+) permits expression of the autogamy trait. Cross-breeding experiments also suggest that the a locus is not linked to the mt locus which determines the mating-type trait.

Type
Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 35 , Issue 1 , February 1980 , pp. 107 - 119
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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