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The mechanism of maternal inheritance in Chlamydomonas: Biochemical and genetic studies.

TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik ·Vol. 43 ·No. 3-4 ·1973-01-00 ·Pages 101-8

Sager R, Ramanis Z

Abstract

The cytoplasmic linkage group of Chlamydomonas shows maternal inheritance, i.e. preferential transmission of cytogenes from the female (m t (+)) parent and loss of the corresponding male (m t (-)) genome in sexual crosses. The mechanism of this process is postulated to be enzymatic modification of chloroplast DNA of the female to protect it from a restriction enzyme which degrades the chloroplast DNA of the male parent in the zygote soon after fusion. Genetic, biochemical and physical data bearing on this hypothesis are summarized and discussed.

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Sager R
Dept. of Biological Sciences, Hunter College of the City University of New York, USA.
Ramanis Z
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Article Info
Journal
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik
Abbr.
Theor Appl Genet
ISSN
0040-5752
DOI
10.1007/BF00306558
Published
1973-01-00
Pages
101-8
Language
English
Region
Germany
NLM ID
0145600
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1007/BF00306558 View journal details
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