Spontaneous mutations of the flavonoid 3'-hydroxylase gene conferring reddish flowers in the three morning glory species.

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Among the Ipomoea plants, both Ipomoea nil and Ipomoea tricolor display bright blue flowers, and Ipomoea purpurea exhibits dark purple flowers. While all of these flowers contain cyanidin-based anthocyanin pigments, the mutants of I. nil, I. purpurea, and I. tricolor carrying the magenta, pink, and fuchsia alleles, respectively, produce reddish flowers containing pelargonidin derivatives, and all of them are...

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