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Origin of Nullisomy The origin of nullisomics is generally by the selfing

of the monosomies. Use of Nullisomy: Nullisomics can be effectively


used in locating different genes. In wheat, nullisomics have been
obtained with 40 chromosomes instead of 42 chromosomes. Trisomy:
Trisomies are those organisms, which have an extra chromosome (2n -t-
1). The number of possible trisomies in an organism is equal to the
haploid chromosome number.

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