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. 1979 May;92(1):27-48.
doi: 10.1093/genetics/92.1.27.

An unstable nuclear gene in phycomyces

M Delbrück  1 , T Ootaki
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An unstable nuclear gene in phycomyces

M Delbrück et al. Genetics. 1979 May.

Abstract

A gentic instability in Phycomyces is described that appears to be associated with a single nuclear gene, dar. The wild type is able to take up riboflavin and its toxic analogue, deaza-riboflavin, from nanomolar concentrations in the medium. The mutants are unable to take up riboflavin and are resistant to deaza-riboflavin. Forward and reverse mutation rates are estimated to be 4 x 10(-5) and 2 x 10(-3) per nuclear division. Independently arisen dar mutants do not complement in heterokaryons. The mutant alleles are almost completely recessive. The phenotype of spores is not determined cell-autonomously, but is strongly influenced by the allele ratio among the nuclei in the sporangium of origin.

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