The Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding
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  • Year: 1992
  • Volume: 52
  • Issue: 2

Use of griseofulvin for mitotic mapping of para-fluorophenylalanine resistance marker in Aspergillus nidulans

  • Author:
  • S. N. Jha, U. Sinha
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Page Number: 132 to 138

Department of Botany, Patna University, Patna 800006.

* Present address: Bela Garden, Darbhanga, Bihar 846004.

Abstract

Griseofulvin decreased survival of conidia, inhibited colonial growth, increased sectoring and induced haploid segregants in the heterozygous diploids of A. nidulans. It was also efficiently used for the mitotic mapping of para-fluorophenylalanine resistance maker.

Keywords

Griseofulvin, haploidisation, mitotic mapping, Aspergillus, para-fluorophenylalanine (FPA)