Re: Sports...several definitions
- Subject: Re: Sports...several definitions
- From: J* H*
- Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2001 06:59:13 -0400
Joe,
You asked if a transposable element moved from one location to another
location and results in a sport, via a "position effect", does that change
the genetic makeup of the plant?
IMO, I believe this would qualify as a change in the genotype. It resulted
in a change in the phenotype (the sport) in your supposition, did it not?
And this change was brought about obviously by the biochemical changes
(enzymes, amino acids and protein synthesis ) as a result of the changes
in the genotype. Position of genes is "everything" in the world of
genetics. We appear to be going around in circles of logic, do we not?
Jim
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halinar@open.org wrote:
> Jim:
>
> >I believe the most important criteria to consider in defining a sport
> >is to determine if the cause of the change is genetically controlled,
> >that is, is the plant in question different because of gentic
> >reasons.
>
> Any nuclear mutation or cytogeneic change that effects the genotype
> may well qualify the new "offspring" as a sport, but what about
> transposible elements? If a transposible element moves from one
> location to another location and results in a sport via a "position
> effect", does that really change the genetic makeup of the plant?
>
> Joe Halinar
>
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