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NASC ID: N8014

Name: fusca

ABRC stock number: CS8014

Donation Date: 1996-06-20

Donated by:  University of Toronto Peter McCourt

Stock type: individual line

Material type: seed

Comment: Please Note: This stock has been replaced by N68731 as from the 23/6/2014

Status Price (£)
Retired £11.00

Germplasm Info

Seed type: Mutant

Mutagen: ethylmethane sulfonate

Background: Col

Growth requirement: none

Associated Polymorphisms

When available, select a locus to display it at the AIP or view the EMBL record at the EBI.

Gene: Allele: Locus: AGI code:
  • fus3-3
  • fus3
EMBL accession:

Phenotype

accumulation of anthocyanin in developing embryos; seeds desiccation sensitive; seeds germinate and leaf primordia appear before desiccation; cotyledons have trichomes and have both cotyledon and leaf characteristics; dry seed shrunken and does not germinate; some similar phenotypic characteristics to, but not allelic to, leafy cotyledon (lec1, lec2); conditional lethal, maintained as heterozygote.

References

Keith, K. et al. 1994. fusca3: A Heterochronic Mutation Affecting Late Embryo Development in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell 6(5):589-600. PubMed ID: 12244252