Pollen Contamination May Explain Controversial Inheritance
@article{Pennisi2006PollenCM, title={Pollen Contamination May Explain Controversial Inheritance}, author={Elizabeth Pennisi}, journal={Science}, year={2006}, volume={313}, pages={1864 - 1864} }
GENETICSEighteen months ago, plant researchers announced that Arabidopsis plants with mutated HOTHEAD genes had somehow given rise to progeny carrying a wild-type allele supposedly missing from both parents. But yesterday, in an online letter published by Nature , another team argued that undetected contamination may have "reintroduced" old versions of the HOTHEAD gene. ([Read more][1].)
[1]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/313/5795/1864
One Citation
Outcrossing as an Explanation of the Apparent Unconventional Genetic Behavior of Arabidopsis thaliana hth Mutants
- Biology, PsychologyGenetics
- 2008
Results are confirmed and extended, corroborating that the apparent non-Mendelian behavior of hth mutants can be explained by their susceptibility to outcrossing.