The effect of a heterochronic mutation, Teopod2, on the cell lineage of the maize shoot.

doi:10.1242/dev.111.3.733

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The effect of a heterochronic mutation, Teopod2, on the cell lineage of the maize shoot.

Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Mar 1991

Dudley M, Poethig R S

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Teopod2 (Tp2) is a semi-dominant mutation of maize that prolongs the expression of characteristics normally confined to the juvenile phase of development. Two of the many dramatic morphological effects of this mutation are an increase in the number of vegetative nodes, and a reduction in the over...

Topics

Cloning, Molecular
Morphogenesis
Mutation
Zea mays

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