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Imbibition of dihydroquercetin, dihydrokaempferol and naringenin by the flowers of certain genotypes of Antirrhinum majus enables rapid identification of hypostatic genes involved in pigment synthesis. Induced synthesis of anthocyanidin in acyanic flowers has been shown to occur after imbibition of particular acyanic flower homogenates.
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Harrison, B., Stickland, R. Precursors and genetic control of pigmentation. Heredity 33, 112–115 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1974.74
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