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. 2000 Oct;12(10):1961–1974. doi: 10.1105/tpc.12.10.1961

Table 1.

Root Hair Phenotypes of Arabidopsis Lines

Phenotypeb



Genotypea % Hairs
⩾40 μm Longc
Length of Hairs ⩾40 μm Long
(% Wild-Type Length)d
% Multiple Hairsc,e Other Featuresf
Wild type 96 sd ± 4 (5) 100 (5) 0 (5) Straight; about half of epidermal
  cells form hairs
bst1 100 (6) 19.2 sd ± 3.8 (6) 4 sd ± 2 (6) Straight
cen1-1 100 (5) 25.9 sd ± 0.1 (5) 0 (5) Sometimes curled
cen1-2 95 sd ± 7 (5) 12.6 sd ± 1.0 (5) 0 (5) Sometimes curled
cen2-1 100 (8) 29.1 sd ± 6.1 (6) 7 sd ± 4 (8) Sometimes curled
cen3-1 100 (5) 21.5 sd ± 6.1 (5) 14 sd ± 10 (5) Sometimes bulbous bases
cen3-2 100 (8) 23.4 sd ± 4.2 (8) 8 sd ± 5 (8) Some bulbous bases; sometimes curled
cow1-1 100 (5) 25.7 sd ± 2.3 (5) 7 sd ± 3 (5) Sometimes slightly crooked; wide
cow1-2 100 (6) 20.4 sd ± 3.2 (6) 20 sd ± 2 (6) Sometimes slightly crooked; wide
rhd1 ND ND ND Large swelling at base
rhd2-1 0 (8) None 0 (5)
rhd2-2 100 (5) 8.2 sd ± 1.2 (5) 0 (5) Straight; wide
rhd2-3 22 sd ± 3 (5) 13.0 sd ± 1.3 (5) 0 (5) Straight
rhd3-1 100 (6) 15.6 sd ± 1.3 (6) 0 (6) Wavy; crooked
rhd3-7 100 (8) 21.7 sd ± 0.8 (8) 0 (8) Wavy; crooked
rhd6 100 (5) 89 sd ± 18 (5) ND Very few epidermal cells form hairs
scn1-1 100 (5) 26.8 sd ± 2.8 (5) 61 sd ± 7 (5) Sometimes curled; wide
shv1-1 15 sd ± 5 (5) 10.3 sd ± 2.3 (5) 0 (5) Straight
shv1-4 4 sd ± 2 (8) 29.8 sd ± 8.3 (5) 0 (8) Straight
shv2-1 18 sd ± 9 (6) 15.8 sd ± 1.8 (6) 0 (6) Straight
shv3 30 sd ± 12 (6) 68.2 sd ± 11.6 (5) 0 (6) Straight
tip1-1 97 sd ± 6 (5) 19.1 sd ± 5.4 (5) 26 sd ± 4 (5) Straight; wide
tip1-2 91 sd ± 13 (5) 14.6 sd ± 3.7 (5) 53 sd ± 6 (5) Straight; wide
a

Mutants are listed in alphabetical order to facilitate comparison with other tables in this article.

b

The numbers within parentheses are number of roots. ND, not determined.

c

Fifty mature hairs were assessed on each root, except rhd6, where three hairs were assessed on each root.

d

Ten mature hairs were measured on each root, except on rhd6, where two hairs were measured on each root. Wild-type length was ∼900 μm.

e

Multiple hairs that appeared at a single site of hair formation.

f

At least 1000 roots of each genotype were examined.