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The relative efficiencies of the use of backcross and F2 families for telocentric chromosome mapping in wheat are compared in three dominance situations. The effects of differential transmission of the telocentric and of differential zygotic viability are considered. Analysis of selfed progeny may be more complex but selfing will often be more convenient and in several genetic situations will be preferable to the more usual backcross technique.
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Westcott, B., Gale, M. & McVittie, J. A comparison of backcross and selfing methods for telocentric mapping in wheat. Heredity 40, 59–66 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1978.7
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