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Old March 21, 2011   #163
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Yep, I'm at the seedling stage now and selecting for atv. The UV treatment is designed to help in that selection. It will unfortunately be a while before I can get these seedlings significantly exposed to outdoor natural light, and I have to winnow numbers down soon.

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Frog, atv is expressed in vegetative tissue. When you select for deep purple seedlings, you are selecting for homozygous atv. The only way to consistently select for homozygous aft is from expression in fruit exposed to direct sunlight.

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