Table 2.
Length of root hairs and root hair-bearing epidermal cells
| Allele
|
Root haira (μm ± s.e.)
|
Root-hair-bearing epidermal cellb (μm ± s.e.)
|
|---|---|---|
| Wild type (Ler) | 293 ± 23 | 183 ± 8 |
| hy5-1 | 441 ± 22 (1.5) | 221 ± 16 (1.2) |
Numbers in parentheses indicate the hy5-1/wild-type ratio. Seedlings were grown on agar plates in the light for 7 days.
a
Average of 38 (Ler) or 11 (hy5) root hairs located >0.5 mm distant from the root tip.
b
Average of 36 (Ler) or 27 (hy5) root hair-bearing epidermal cells.