Tp. Bogyo et al., QUANTITATIVE GENETIC-STUDIES OF A B ZEINS USING A NEW MODEL TO TEST NON-ALLELIC INTERACTIONS/, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 87(1-2), 1993, pp. 33-37
A genetic model developed by Bogyo et al. (1988) for quantitatively in
herited triploid endosperm characters (an extension of the well-known
Mather-Jinks model) is not well-suited for estimating epistatic intera
ction effects because it requires the assumption that, in segregating
loci, all alleles positively affecting a particular character are in o
ne of the inbred parental lines. To better explain zein inheritance in
maize, a new model was developed not relying on this assumption. This
model was tested by quantitative analysis of A/B zeins, the predomina
nt prolamin storage proteins of maize, using reversed-phase high-perfo
rmance liquid chromatography of two inbred lines, their reciprocal F1
crosses, the F2 generation, backcrosses, and reciprocal backcrosses to
both parent lines. The model required epistatic components to be incl
uded for an excellent fit for most protein peaks.