Importance of cis-QTL in Reproductive Growth.
(A) Silique abortion phenotype observed for apl1, ugp1, and vac-inv grown in a 16-h photoperiod. Silique abortion was scored in main stem (red arrow), cauline-leaf branches (yellow arrows), and rosette branches (blue arrows) separately. Bar = 1 cm.
(B) Number of nonaborted (black) and aborted (gray) siliques on the main stem, cauline-leaf branches, and rosette branches (mean ± sd, n = 3 plants). ANOVA analysis was performed separately for nonaborted (lowercase letters) and aborted (capital letters) siliques. Means with a common letter are not significantly different (P < 0.05).