Russell L Malmberg, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
Published online: July 2003
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002020
Plant mutagenesis is the induction of new genetic variants, frequently by treatment with chemicals, ionizing radiation, or mobilization of insertion elements. The new genetic variation may be used to give insight into almost any biological process.
Keywords: mutagenesis; somaclonal variation; epistasis
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Figure 1. The use of primers from the transposon and from the gene to identify an insertion in the gene of interest by PCR amplification. Usually the PCR product is sequenced to confirm the result. In the case of sequenced tagged collections, the sequencing from the primers in the insert is already done, and the results are stored in a searchable database.
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Figure 2. Linear biochemical pathway to demonstrate the simplest case of epistasis. A, B and C are metabolites whose concentrations are affected by the genes and the enzymes they encode.
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