Production of colorless sectors and reversion of the unstable colorless

Production of colorless sectors and reversion of the unstable colorless mutation in maize by the transposable genetic elements Ds and Ac Production of colorless sectors and reversion of the unstable colorless mutation in maize by the transposable genetic elements Ds and Ac

(a) Trihybrid, wild-type phenotype wx sh c Illlllllllllllil» m DsVVxSh C ———~‘\\\‘ (b) Partial deletion, mutant phenotype wx sh c ' —— / =3 Colorless Ac—activated Dljl/ Chromosome shrunken x . waxy chromosome Sh fragment IS lost. breakage at 05 C (c) Unstable colorless mutant wx sh c _— . Wx SQ c105 _,,«”’Ds \‘\\ 610‘ I (d) Reversion of unstable mutant phenotype, purple spots Ac—activated excision of Ds