Genetics - Analysis and Principles 3rd Edition by Robert Brooker

Exercise 10

As discussed in the experiment of Figure 19.9, the presence of a transposon can create a mutable site or locus that is subject to frequent chromosome breakage. Why do you think a transposon creates a mutable site If chromosome breakage occurs, do you think the transposon has moved somewhere else How would you experimentally determine if it has
FIGURE 19.9 Evidence for transposable elements in corn.
Starting material: The plant contributing the female gamete was homozygous for a chromosome carrying c sh Wx. The male pollen of the corn plant was homozygous for a chromosome in which the Ds element had moved into the C gene: CDsC Sh wx.