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Polarized exclusion of bacteriophage T2 in crosses with T4*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

B. De Groot
B. De Groot
Affiliation:
Department of Radiation Genetics, University of Leiden, and Institute for Radiopathology and Radiation Protection, The Netherlands

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Four crosses were made between bacteriophages T4 and partially non-excludable T2 exr+4. Each cross was designed as a four-factor cross: in total seven pairs of homologous genes were used as markers, extending over half the circular map from the locus for adsorption specificity (h+) along the map segment for the early functions to osmotic-shock sensitivity (o).

The frequencies of T2 markers recovered in the progeny show polarized exclusion: the frequencies are low for h+2 at the beginning of the map segment for the early functions and increasing to o+2. Recombination of T2 exr+4 is restricted for all loci concerned and the recombinational events are probably non-reciprocal. Restriction of sequential replication from a fixed starting point is proposed to explain polarized exclusion of T2 genes. Non-homology is dicussed in relation to restricted recombination.

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Research Article
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Genetics Research , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , August 1967 , pp. 13 - 20
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

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