A Year In Vintage #246 - 2 SEPTEMBER 1983 - SCIENCE Magazine Cover
www.science.org/toc/science/221/4614
Science
•Volume 221|
•Issue 4614|
•2 Sep 1983
New mutant tomato. This orange tomato is controlled by a recessive single gene mutation and was recovered as a somatic genetic variant following plant regeneration from cell cultures of the standard red tomato (var. UC828B). This mutation simultaneously alters fruit color, flower color, and leaf pigmentation. Recovery of such single gene mutations is evidence that plant cell culture technology can be used as an important new mutagenic tool. See page 949. [David A. Evans and William R. Sharp, DNA Plant Technology Corporation, Cinnaminson, New Jersey 08077]
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Abstract
Plants were regenerated from cultured leaf explants of an inbred variety of Lycopersicon esculentum. Seeds were collected from the regenerated plants and sown in the greenhouse. The resultant plants were then evaluated in the field. Several monogenic mutations segregated in the progeny of regenerated plants. The recovery of single gene mutations is evidence that plant tissue culture can be mutagenic. Complementation tests revealed that one mutation was located on the long arm of chromosome 10.
The More You Know 😊
A Year In Vintage #246 - 2 SEPTEMBER 1983 - SCIENCE Magazine Cover
www.science.org/toc/science/221/4614
Science
•Volume 221|
•Issue 4614|
•2 Sep 1983
New mutant tomato. This orange tomato is controlled by a recessive single gene mutation and was recovered as a somatic genetic variant following plant regeneration from cell cultures of the standard red tomato (var. UC828B). This mutation simultaneously alters fruit color, flower color, and leaf pigmentation. Recovery of such single gene mutations is evidence that plant cell culture technology can be used as an important new mutagenic tool. See page 949. [David A. Evans and William R. Sharp, DNA Plant Technology Corporation, Cinnaminson, New Jersey 08077]
View Less
Abstract
Plants were regenerated from cultured leaf explants of an inbred variety of Lycopersicon esculentum. Seeds were collected from the regenerated plants and sown in the greenhouse. The resultant plants were then evaluated in the field. Several monogenic mutations segregated in the progeny of regenerated plants. The recovery of single gene mutations is evidence that plant tissue culture can be mutagenic. Complementation tests revealed that one mutation was located on the long arm of chromosome 10.
The More You Know 😊