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Molecular characterization of the mutable flaked allele for flower variegation in the common morning glory.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Nov 1998
Habu Y, Hisatomi Y, Iida S
Abstract excerpt
The mutable flaked (or af) lines of the common morning glory bear white flowers with colored flakes and sectors. The af allele shows incomplete dominance. Plants in the heterozygous state A/af bear lightly colored flowers with intensely colored flakes and occasionally with white sectors. We showed that the mutable af allele is caused by insertion of a new transposable element, Tip100, into the CHS-D gene intron....
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