Many alleles of the R locus will give coleoptile color.
Elsbeth
>Hello,
>>Is there any gene(s) for coleoptile color? I found some white kernels
>with partially purple (or red) colored coleoptile at the tip. I went
>through the MaizeDB to find out a similar case without success.
>>Would any of youðhelp me to understand what I observed. Thanks in advance.
>>Yoon-Sup So
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