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NASC ID: N264

Name: accumulation and replication of chloroplasts

ABRC stock number: CS264

Description: Form

Donation Date: 1993-06-01

Donated by:  University of Nottingham Kevin Pyke

Stock type: individual line

Material type: seed

Status Price (£)
Available £11.00

Germplasm Info

Seed type: Single marker

Mutagen: ethylmethane sulfonate

Background: Ler

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:
  • arc3-1
  • arc3

Photograph

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Phenotype

Only approximately 15 chloroplasts per mesophyll cell; i.e. a 7-8 fold reduction compared to wild type. Chloroplasts are very large about 6 fold larger than wild type and have extensive lobing, most are abnormally shaped. Plants appear as normal wild type.