Persistence of anaphase abnormalities in fast neutron irradiated tomato

✍ Scribed by J. A. M. Mey

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1973
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 572 KB
• Volume: 44
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-6707
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00155962

✦ Synopsis

The percentage of abnormal anaphases was determined in rooted leaf and stem cuttings from irradiated diploid and tetraploid tomato plants. It was confirmed that somatic selection is very fast but that even drastic abnormalities, giving rise to abnormal anaphases, seem to be stabilised at a low frequency. Little difference was found between diploid and tetraploid lines or between different genotypes. A considerable part of the anaphase abnormalities found are considered to have arisen de novo.