@article{mbs:/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-97-1-1, author = "Welker, D. L. and Deering, R. A.", title = "Genetic Analysis of Radiation-sensitive Mutations in the Slime Mould Dictyostelium discoideum", journal= "Microbiology", year = "1976", volume = "97", number = "1", pages = "1-10", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-97-1-1", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-97-1-1", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2080", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "SUMMARY: The linkage of two mutations leading to increased sensitivity to ultraviolet light and 60Co gamma rays was determined in the slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum using a genetic analysis based on the parasexual cycle. Diploids were selected from a mixture of radiation-sensitive, temperature-resistant and radiation-resistant, temperature-sensitive haploids on the basis of simultaneous radiation and temperature resistance. Analysis of drug-resistant haploid segregants of the heterozygous diploids indicated that one of the radiation-sensitive mutations, radA20, was linked to linkage group 1 whereas the other, radB13, was linked to the recently defined linkage group VI.", }