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American Journal of Botany, Vol 84, 1323, Copyright © 1997 by Botanical Society of America, Inc.

DEVELOPMENT AND MORPHOGENESIS

Roles of the af and tl genes in pea leaf morphogenesis: characterization of the double mutant (afaftltl)

PJ Villani and DA DeMason

The pleiofila phenotype (afaftltl double mutant) of Pisum sativum arises from two single-gene, recessive mutations known to affect the identity of leaf pinnae, afila (af), and acacia (tl). The wild-type leaf consists of proximal leaflets and distal tendrils, whereas the pleiofila leaf consists of branched pinnae terminating in small leaflets. Using morphological measurements, histology, and SEM, we characterized the variation in leaf form along the plant axis, in leaflet anatomy, and in leaf development in embryonic, early postembryonic, and late postembryonic leaves of aftl and wild-type plants. Leaves on aftl plants increase in complexity more rapidly during shoot ontogeny than those on wild-type plants. Leaflets of aftl plants have identical histology to wild-type leaflets although they have smaller and fewer cells. Pinna initiation is acropetal in early postembryonic leaves of aftl plants and in all leaves of wild-type plants, whereas in late postembryonic leaves of aftl plants pinna initiation is bidirectional. Most phenotypic differences between these genotypes can be attributed to differential timing (heterochrony) of major developmental events.


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