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The purple allelic series inColeus

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    Ten or more alleles appear to occur in the series known, as ‘purple’. These affect the amount and distribution of anthocyanin in the plant.

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    The occurrence of chimeras within plants of known genotype indicates that the genesP,P c andP L are true alleles, rather than pseudoalleles.

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Rife, D.C. The purple allelic series inColeus . J Genet 54, 195–198 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02982776

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