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. 2014 Aug 8;9(8):e103770. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103770

Figure 4. Floral phenotypes of M. truncatula mtagb and mtaga mutants and MtAGab-VIGS silenced plants.

Figure 4

(A) Dissected wild-type M. truncatula flower showing the four floral whorls (W1 to W4). Floral phenotypes are similar in mtaga. (B) and mtagb (C) mutants. Mutant flowers (left) were opened to show the inner whorls. In W3 the staminal tubes are unfused and occasionally petaloid structures appear (arrow) replacing the anthers. Carpels in W4 present stigmatic protuberances (arrow) or multiple unfused carpels and exposed ovules (boxed). (D) MtAGab-VIGS flower with severe homeotic transformation of stamens into petals and carpels into sepaloid structures (arrows). Bars indicate 1 mm.