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The maize Brown midrib1 locus affects cell wall composition and plant development in a dose-dependent manner.
Heredity - 1 Jun 2002
Vermerris W, Thompson K J, McIntyre L M
Abstract excerpt
The four brown midrib (bm) mutants of maize have a reduced content and altered subunit composition of the cell wall polymer lignin. The bm mutations have traditionally been considered completely recessive, because the brown midrib phenotype is only apparent in plants homozygous for the mutation. In addition to an effect on cell wall composition, some bm mutations have been shown to affect flowering time. We had...
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