Open AccessThe formation of the anthocyan pigments of plants. Part V.–The chromogens of white flowers
Publication year - 1913
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series b, containing papers of a biological character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9185
pISSN - 0950-1193
DOI - 10.1098/rspb.1913.0027
Subject(s) - pigment , white (mutation) , mendelian inheritance , object (grammar) , botany , biological pigment , biology , chemistry , genetics , organic chemistry , computer science , artificial intelligence , gene
The series of communications of which the present paper forms a part (Part V) deals with the biochemistry and genetics of pigmentation in plants. Parts I and III of the series describe therôle of oxydases in the formation of the anthocyan pigments of flowers; Part IV gives an account of the chromogens which constitute the colourless antecedents of these pigments; and the present paper has for its object the investigation of the chromogens in white flowers. The subject is of interest from the point of view both of biochemistry and genetics; for, as has been discovered by Mendelian research, the white flowers which occur so commonly in cultivated and wild plants belong to more than one category.