Genetics of gamma-irradiation-induced mutations in Arabidopsis thaliana: Large chromosonal deletions can be rescued through the fertilization of diploid eggs

Despite the demonstrated value of chromosomal deletions and deficiencies as tools in plant and animal genome research, in the genetic model plant species Arabidopsis thaliana, such mutations have not been extensively studied. For example, it is not known whether large deletions in different regions of the genome can be tolerated in diploid plants that are heterozygous for such mutations.