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Description: Deviating phenotypes induced in gene-disruption library transformants. Physcomitrella wild-type and transformed plants were grown on minimal Knop medium to induce differentiation and development of gametophores. For each plant, an overview (upper row, scale bar corresponds to 1 mm) and a close-up (bottom row, scale bar equals 0.5 mm) is shown. A, Haploid wild-type moss plant completely covered with leafy gametophores and close-up of wild-type leaf. B-D, Different Mutants.
Title: Physcomitrella knockout mutants
Credit: Egener et al. BMC Plant Biology 2002 2:6 doi:10.1186/1471-2229-2-6
Author: Ralf Reski
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