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Negative phototropism in the piloboloid mutants of Phycomyces blakesleeanus Bgff.

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The sporangiophore (spph) of a piloboloid mutant, genotype pil, of Phycomyces ceases elongation and expands radially in the growth zone shortly after reaching the developmental stage IV b. The pil spph is always negatively phototropic to unilateral visible light when its diameter exceeds 210 μm. Photoinduction of spph initiation, light-growth response, threshold of light energy fluence rate for the negative phototropism, avoidance and gravitropism in the pil mutant are all normal. In liquid paraffin, the pil spph shows negative phototropism as does the wild-type spph. Genetic analyses indicate that the negative phototropism of the pil mutant is governed by the phenotypic characteristics of pil but not by specific gene(s) responsible for negative phototropism. These facts imply that the reverse phototropism of the pil mutant results from a loss of the convergent lens effect of the cell because of the increase in cell diameter.

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Abbreviations

spph(s):

sporangiophore(s)

wt(s):

wild type(s)

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    Present address: Mitsubishi-kasei Institute of Life Sciences, Minami-oova, 194, Machida, Tokyo, Japan

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  1. Biology Laboratory, Faculty of Education, Yamagata University, 990, Yamagata, Japan

    K. Koga, T. Sato & T. Ootaki

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Koga, K., Sato, T. & Ootaki, T. Negative phototropism in the piloboloid mutants of Phycomyces blakesleeanus Bgff.. Planta 162, 97–103 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00410204

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