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Genetically identical mirror-imaged left and rightLemna minor plants were treated using the stereomers of arginine, asparagine and atebrine (mepacrine). In contrast with the stereomers of arginine and asparagine, those of atebrine were found to be isoeffective throughout the dosage range from the ineffective dose to the lethal one. All indices used (rate of reproduction, length of a frond and sensitivity to the treatments) pointed to the absence of any difference between left and right plants. The left or right handedness inLemna cannot be explained bv assuming the existence of any stereochemical difference between left and right plants.
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Kasinov, V.B. The action of arginine, asparagine and atebrine stereomers upon the left and rightLemna minor plants. Biol Plant 22, 321–326 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02908974
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