Linkage of md with c.

Burdick, A. B.

We have obtained the f ollowing trans-phase test cross data for md and c.

Cross No.   + +   + md   c +   c md   % C.O.

X516         11     50    42     11   19.30 +- 3.69
X517         35    103   112     27   22.38 +- 2.50
X518         17     41    45     10   23.89 +- 4.01
             
Sum          63    194   199     48   22.02 +- 1.85
The germination of these seed was 95.5% and the viability of md was 96.03%; the viability of c was 98.02%.

Additional F2 linkage data for md have been obtained as follows:

                  Trans-phase Segregations

Tester   + +   + test   md +   md test   % C.O.

a          -       -      71        21   50 +-
a        209      62      57        20   50 +-
hl       221      64      55        24   50 +-
r          -       -      24        13   50 +-
a\325    199      63      68        20   50 +- 
nd       187      75      62        26   50 +-
yg\282   203      59      63        25   45.63 +- 3.81