Chlorophyllobservational1976
[Chlorophyll mutations induced by gamma radiation in Phaseolus vulgaris L].
Revista de biologia tropical
confidence
Key findings
Five lethal chlorophyll mutant types (albino, cream, yellow, yellow-green, light green) induced by gamma radiation; segregation below Mendelian ratios.
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- Sample size
- not_reported
- Population
- Phaseolus vulgaris L. (black beans)
- Dosing
- Co60 gamma radiation
- Duration
- not_reported
- Route
- radiation exposure
- Blinding
- not_reported
- Controls
- none
- Drug class
- porphyrin pigment
Full abstract
In a study of chlorophyll mutants of Phaseolus vulgaris L. through Co60 gamma radiation, five types of mutants, classified as albino, cream, yellow, yellow-green and light green were obtained; all were lethal; their segregation was always proportionally lower than the Mendelian. Gamma radiation-induced mutations in black beans do not depart significantly from those obtained elsewhere in barley and wheat.