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Multiple Allelic Control of Chlorophyll b Level in Arabidopsis thaliana

Nature volume 197, pages 1324–1325 (1963)Cite this article

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IN maize, the plant best known genetically, there are no viable chlorophyll b deficient mutants1,2. Röbbelen3 described an Arabidopsis mutant devoid of this pigment which was, however, a lethal one. It has been reported that in barley only chlorophyll a is necessary for viability4. Among algae viable chlorophyll b-less mutants are not infrequent5. Since chlorophyll b is a normal constituent of the photosynthetic apparatus of all angiosperms and its precise role is little understood, viable mutants involved in the development of this pigment are of interest.

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HIRONO, Y., RÉDEI, G. Multiple Allelic Control of Chlorophyll b Level in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nature 197, 1324–1325 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1971324a0

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