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Analysis of flower pigmentation mutants generated by random transposon mutagenesis in Petunia hybrida.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Jan 1998
van Houwelingen A, Souer E, Spelt K, Kloos D, Mol J, Koes R
Abstract excerpt
Fifty new flower pigmentation mutants in Petunia hybrida using endogenous transposable elements (TEs) as a mutagen were generated. Forty-six mutants displayed somatic and sporogenic instability indicating that they were caused by a TE. Phenotypic analysis showed that the mutation altered either anthocyanin biosynthesis (40 alleles for seven loci), the intracellular pH of petals (six alleles for three loci) or the...
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