Table 1.
Mutant line | mum4:no mucilagea | Chi squareb |
men1-1 mum4-1 | 68:17 | 1.1333, P >0.1 |
men2-1 mum4-1 | 60:17 | 0.3506, P >0.5 |
men3-1 mum4-1 | 85:27 | 0.0476, P >0.5 |
men4-1 mum4-1 | 57:16 | 0.3699, P >0.5 |
men5-1 mum4-1 | 60:21 | 0.0370, P >0.5 |
men6-1 mum4-1 | 80:19 | 1.7811, P >0.1 |
F3 seed phenotype (seed of F2 plants), shaken for 90 min in EDTA followed by staining in 0.01% ruthenium red.
Null hypothesis of 3:1 mum4:no mucilage; degrees of freedom=1; cutoff at P=0.05.