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Leaf-variegated mutations and their responsible genes in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Genes & genetic systems - 1 Feb 2003
Sakamoto Wataru
Abstract excerpt
Leaf variegation has long been known as a recessive genetic trait in higher plants. Unlike albino mutants, leaf-variegated mutants are non-lethal and thus enable us to study a novel mechanism of plastid development and maintenance. Variegation results from a defect that makes chloroplast development unstable, since at least part of the tissues gives rise to normal chloroplasts. Despite the fact that...
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