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Independent responses of two fruit characters to developmental regulation inMicroseris douglasii (Asteraceae, Lactuceae)

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The ‘hairy achenes’ and ‘yellow achenes’ characters are expressed only in peripheral fruits onMicroseris capitula. Segregation in interstrain hybrid D37 shows that the genes responsible for these characters respond independently to developmental regulation.

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Supported by grants Ba 536/7-7 from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, and DEB 80-09427 from the National Science Foundation.

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Mauthe, S., Bachmann, K., Chambers, K.L. et al. Independent responses of two fruit characters to developmental regulation inMicroseris douglasii (Asteraceae, Lactuceae). Experientia 40, 1280–1281 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01946674

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