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Allelic interactions heritably alter the activity of a metastable maize pl allele.
Genetics - 1 Oct 1995
Hollick J B, Patterson G I, Coe E H, Cone K C, Chandler V L
Abstract excerpt
The maize pl locus encodes a transcriptional activator of anthocyanin biosynthetic genes. The Pl-Rhoades (Pl-Rh) allele confers robust purple anthocyanin pigment in several tissues. Spontaneous derivatives of Pl-Rh, termed Pl'-mahogany (Pl'-mah), arise that confer reduced pigment and are meiotically heritable. These derivatives influence other Pl-Rh alleles such that only Pl'-mah alleles are transmitted form a...
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