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From: A novel allele of FILAMENTOUS FLOWER reveals new insights on the link between inflorescence and floral meristem organization and flower morphogenesis

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fil-9 flowers show a wide range of organ morphological and identity defects. (A) Arabidopsis wild type flower. (B to U) fil-9 mutant flowers (B to K and N to U, see text for detailed description), terminating inflorescence (L) and flowers along the inflorescence stem (M). Arrow in B indicates a split sepal, in E, a sepal with a filamentous base, in F, a short petal, and in G a narrow petal. Arrow and arrowhead indicate, respectively: A narrow petal and a stamen fused at the base to a sepaloid petal in H, filaments bearing a petaloid blade and a stamen fused at the base to a sepaloid petal in I, an enlarged, swollen anther and a flattened bent anther in J, a sepal with petaloid margins and a stamenoid petal in N, an enlarged petal and a sepaloid petal in O, a petal with a filamentous base and a sepaloid organ containing a stamen-like locule in P, and a filament toped by stigmatic tissue and a bract subtending a flower in Q. (R) A filament harboring a mosaic organ composed of an anther and a petal. (S) The cells of the petaloid tissue (shown by the box in R) are the conical cells that are characteristic of the petal epidermis. (T) The organ, surrounded by a box and seen in a higher magnification in U, resembles a stamen filament bearing stigmatic tissue at the edge. J, K and R to U are scanning electron micrographs.

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