Exceptional phenotypes

Fig. 5. Illustrations of modified pigment types and distributions given by one state of as a consequence of removal of Spm by meiotic segregation. Upper part of an ear of a plant that was a Sht/Ci sht in constitution and had one fully active Spm element, not linked with these markers. The ear was produced by a cross with a plant that was homozygous for Oi and shi and had no active Spm element. All the nonshrunken kernels received Oi" from the ear parent. The kernels with many deeply pigmented spots also received the Spm element. All the other nonshrunken kernels lack this element. Note the differences in pigment distribution and intensity among the kernels not receiving Spm. These kernels have the exceptional phenotypes referred to in the text.

Fig. 6. Illustration of the frequent erasure of the exceptional phenotypes in a succeeding generation. Upper part of an ear of a plant grown from a darkly pigmented, nonshrunken kernel lacking an Spm element. The pollen parent had the same constitution as indicated in Fig. 5. Only two kernels on this ear are like the ear-parent kernel. The capacity of Ui" to continue to produce the exceptional phenotype had been lost in all other kernels.

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Some fetal activity by 16 weeks gestation. Poor activity between birth and 2 months of age. Adult phenotype distribution reached by 4-6 months with adult activity reached by 1-3 years. Fetal levels approximately 30% of adult values. In newborns, activity is approximately 50% higher than adults with phenotype distribution which approximates adults. Exception is Korean children where adult activity is seen by 7-9 years of age. 

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