Table I.
Length, width, and number of hypocotyl epidermal cells of light-grown wild-type and pet1-1 seedlings at d 2 and 7 after germination
| d 2
|
d 7
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild type | pet1-1 | Wild type | pet1-1 | |
| Cell length (μm)a | 48.1 ± 13.2 | 40.5 ± 5.4 | 149 ± 33b | 87.4 ± 31.3b |
| Cell width (μm)a | 15.5 ± 2.2 | 15.8 ± 1.9 | 33.3 ± 3.0 | 35.1 ± 3.4 |
| Cell no.c | 16.6 ± 1.7 | 16.7 ± 1.3 | 15.5 ± 0.9 | 16.2 ± 0.4 |
a
Six to thirty cells of at least five seedlings were measured.
b
Significant difference by Student's t test (P < 0.05).
c
Two to three cell files were measured for seven seedlings.