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Intra and Interspecific Fusion of Protoplasts from Petals of Torenia baillonii and Torenia fournieri

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PROTOPLASTS of higher plants are of increasing interest. They are isolated enzymatically1–13, they can be fused11, they regenerate a new cell wall4,9,12 and they are capable of nuclear9 and cellular10,12 division. Single cells of higher plants can be cultured to develop into flowering plants14. Thus studies using protoplasts of higher plants may open up new possibilities in plant breeding and in the experimental biology of plants2,3,5. We think that much could be learnt about flower pigments in this way.

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POTRYKUS, I. Intra and Interspecific Fusion of Protoplasts from Petals of Torenia baillonii and Torenia fournieri. Nature New Biology 231, 57–58 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio231057a0

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