Dear Editor, Approximately every fifth Arabidopsis T-DNA inser- tion line contains chromosomal translocations caused by the inserted T-DNA （Clark and Krysan, 2010）. Albeit broad use of T-DNA lines for mutant analys...Dear Editor, Approximately every fifth Arabidopsis T-DNA inser- tion line contains chromosomal translocations caused by the inserted T-DNA （Clark and Krysan, 2010）. Albeit broad use of T-DNA lines for mutant analysis, little is known about the consequences of these chromosomal rearrangements and only a few studies describe chromosomal aberrations in the mutant lines. While plant growth in general is not affected by such chromosomal translocations, defects in gametophyte development have been observed in lines that are heterozygous for the T-DNA insertion （Ray et al., 1997; Curtis et al., 2009）.展开更多
文摘Dear Editor, Approximately every fifth Arabidopsis T-DNA inser- tion line contains chromosomal translocations caused by the inserted T-DNA （Clark and Krysan, 2010）. Albeit broad use of T-DNA lines for mutant analysis, little is known about the consequences of these chromosomal rearrangements and only a few studies describe chromosomal aberrations in the mutant lines. While plant growth in general is not affected by such chromosomal translocations, defects in gametophyte development have been observed in lines that are heterozygous for the T-DNA insertion （Ray et al., 1997; Curtis et al., 2009）.
