Genetic basis for a rare floral mutant in an andean species of solanaceae

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 264-272

  Coburn, Rachel A ^a   Griffin, Randi H ^a,b   Smith, Stacey D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Delphinidin; Dihydrofl avonol 4 reductase; Flavonol; Flower color; Iochroma; Pleiotropy; Quercetin; Solanaceae

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLOR; DICOTYLEDON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLORISTICS; FLOWERING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; POLYMORPHISM;

IOCHROMA; SOLANACEAE;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ANTHOCYANIN; DIHYDROFLAVANOL 4-REDUCTASE; PIGMENT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PLANT GENE; SOLANACEAE; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHOCYANINS; FLOWERS; GENES, PLANT; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SOLANACEAE; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84922448104     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1400395     Document Type: Article

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