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The tomato dark green mutation is a novel allele of the tomato homolog of the DEETIOLATED1 gene.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Feb 2003
Levin I, Frankel P, Gilboa N, Tanny S, Lalazar A
Abstract excerpt
A comprehensive, multi-generation, allele test, carried out in this study, suggests that the tomato mutations dark-green (dg) and high pigment 2(j) (hp-2(j)) are allelic. The hp-2(j) mutant is caused by a mutation in the tomato homolog of the DEETIOLATED1 (DET1) gene, involved in the signal transduction cascade of light perception and morphogenesis. This suggestion is in agreement with the exaggerated...
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