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The yellow variegated mutant of Arabidopsis is plastid autonomous and delayed in chloroplast biogenesis.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Chen M, Jensen M, Rodermel S
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The yellow variegated mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana is characterized by bright-yellow true leaves that turn green- and white-sectored as leaf development proceeds. Variegation is due to the action of a nuclear recessive gene. Whereas cells in the green sectors contain morphologically normal chloroplasts, cells in the yellow and white sectors are heteroplastidic and contain plastids with rudimentary lamellar...
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