By:Will F. Taber and

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Lazy Plant 1

• ByWill F. Taber and
• Connor Marshall

lazy plant1 (la1), WT, CCM, 1-13-05
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LazyPlant1

• This is our mutant
• Lazy plant1 or la1

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Other Lazy Mutants

• Corn plants are not the only plant that can have
  the lazy mutation
• Other plants (tomato, poppy, Fritillaries,
  daffodils) have mutations that make the plants
  look lazy.

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Facts

• From the 16 seeds we planted, one did not grow.
• Our plant seemed to react differently depending
  on where the light source is coming from.
• The la1 mutants do not start to show their
  lazy trait until the 8th leaf stage.
• The mode of inheritance of la1 is recessive.

ORIGINAL REFERENCE(1931) MT Jenkins F
Gerhardt. A gene influencing the composition of
the culm in maize.Iowa Agric Exp Stn Res Bull
138121-151
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Growth
The growth of our plant was very good and
everything went as planned. The mutant phenotype
was easy to see. Week 1 Our biggest plant was
55mm tall.Week 7 Most of our plants were at
there 8th leaf stage.
Lazy plantis floppingover
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Field placard
Name lazy plant1 (la1) Locus Chromosome
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by Connor Marshall Will Taber Middle School
Mentorship, Fall 2004 School of Arts and
SciencesLeon County Charter SchoolTallahassee,
FL
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