[Demonstration of transposition in Portulaca grandiflora (HOOK)].

Article

[Demonstration of transposition in Portulaca grandiflora (HOOK)].

Annales de genetique - 1 Jan 1995

Rossi-Hassani B D, Zryd J P

Abstract excerpt

The gene C of Portulaca grandiflora encodes a product required for the synthesis of flower pigment. The cmI allele gives white flowers with violet spots and sectors. It is also germinally unstable and can give rise to a series of cm alleles conferring different flower color phenotypes. These find...

Topics

Alleles
DNA Transposable Elements
Mutagenesis, Insertional
Phenotype
Pigments, Biological
Plants

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