Meiotic instability of the R-r complex arising from displaced intragenic exchange and intrachromosomal rearrangement.
Robbins T, Walker E, Kermicle J, Alleman M, Dellaporta S. Meiotic instability of the R-r complex arising from displaced intragenic exchange and intrachromosomal rearrangement. Genetics 1991, 129: 271-283. PMID: 1682214, PMCID: PMC1204576, DOI: 10.1093/genetics/129.1.271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntragenic recombinationDerivative allelesTissue-specific transcriptional activatorPigment biosynthetic pathwayMultiple R genesRestriction site polymorphismsR complexesR genesSeed aspectsTranscriptional activatorIntrachromosomal rearrangementsSingle geneBiosynthetic pathwayPigmentation patternsMeiotic instabilityZea maysSite polymorphismGenesExchange eventsAllelesCryptic regionsUnequal exchangeR alleleComplexesDistinct regions