Seed Comparision (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

Seed Comparision

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A comparison of normal seeds and seeds lacking SWEETS 11, 12, and 15, which are wrinkled (similar to those Mendel used to track down the basic rules of genetics). Embryonic development is clearly retarded in these mutants because they are unable to move sugars from the seed's coat to the embryo inside.

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Wolf Frommer and Li-Qing Chen

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