Table 1

Phenotypic characterisation of 16,203 gene-disruption library transformants

Deviating characteristic:
percentage of deviating plants1

Deviations from wild-type for any morphological characteristic
16.2%
     - Plant structure (less compact than wild-type, fluffy)
13.1%
     - Color (darker or lighter than wild-type)
8.0%
     - Coverage of plant by gametophores (coverage less than 95%; wild-type: completely covered)
8.0%
     - Leaf shape (width/length ratio or symmetry different from wild type)
12.3%
     - Cell shape (irregular patterns, or cell size different than wild-type)
10.1%
     - Uniformity of leaves (more than 10% deviating on one plant, wild-type: all uniform)
6.3%

1Transformants were assayed independently for the phenotypic alterations shown, some plants deviated from the wild-type in more than one characteristic. The percentages shown for single characteristics therefore add up to more than the total percentage of deviating plants.

Egener et al. BMC Plant Biology 2002 2:6   doi:10.1186/1471-2229-2-6