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Morning glory Ipomoea nil (= Pharbitis nil)

Flower Patterns, Flower variegation

Copyright 1998-2017 Yoshiaki Yoneda

It had been considered that one part of the flower patterns of the morning glory would appear by mutable genes. Recently, various techniques of molecular genetics have been developed and the base arrangement decoding technology of DNA has progressed and the molecular mechanism underlying the appearance of flower patterns has begun to be elucidated.

Slide No. 231


1 x 1

4 x 4

2 x 2

lens 8 x 8


16 x 16

1 x 1 (thumbnail images) : For indexing
2 x 2, 4 x 4, 8 x 8 : For viewing on monitor
8 x 8, 16 x 16 : For printing

Edited by Yuuji Tsukii (Lab. Biology, Science Research Center, Hosei University)