Additional file 8: of TM8 represses developmental timing in Nicotiana benthamiana and has functionally diversified in angiosperms

Abnormalities observed in callus cultivated tomato plants. A) normal wild-type flower consisting of five petals, five sepals, a cone formed by five stamens and an ovary within. B) Control flower with interrupted and sepaloĂŻd stamen cone. C) RNAi flower with extra floral organs and crown anthers. D) OE flower with sepaloĂŻd petals, E) split stamen cone, F) fusion of stamen and pistil, and G) disturbed growth and leaf morphology. H) RNAi flower with splayed out stamen cone I) OE flower with sepaloĂŻd stamen. In picture E) and F) petals and sepals were removed for better sight on stamens and pistil. (PDF 202 kb