Table 1.
Length of hypocotyl and epidermal cells of the hypocotyl
| Allele
|
Hypocotyl lengtha (mm ± s.e.)
|
Epidermal cell lengthb (μm ± s.e.)
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| light
|
dark
|
||
| Wild type (Ler) | 2.06 ± 0.01 | 12.42 ± 0.03 | 156 ± 14 |
| hy5-1 | 5.38 ± 0.02 (2.6) | 12.73 ± 0.03 (1.0) | 294 ± 25 (1.9) |
Numbers in parentheses indicate the hy5-1/wild-type ratio.
a
Average of 17–40 seedlings at 7 DAG in light or darkness.
b
Two seedlings at 7 DAG of each allele grown on agar plates in the light. Every epidermal cell in a column of hypocotyl cells was measured.