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A biometrical analysis of C-banded and Feulgen stained somatic metaphases of maize stocks with different knob constitutions has shown that large bands alter arm lengths of mitotic chromosomes. A representative diagram of the knobless maize somatic karyotype and of a high knobbed stock are presented.
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de Aguiar-Perecin, M., Vosa, C. C-banding in maize II. Identification of somatic chromosomes. Heredity 54, 37–42 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1985.6
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