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pet·al

 (pĕt′l)
n.
One of the often brightly colored parts of a flower immediately surrounding the reproductive organs; a division of the corolla.
[New Latin petalum, from Greek petalon, leaf; see petə- in Indo-European roots.]
pet′aled, pet′alled adj.
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Adj.1.petaled - (of flowers) having petals
petalled, petalous
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In the [F.sub.2] generation, about one-sixteenth of the plants were partially apetalous and the others were normally petaled. No completely apetalous plants were found in B[C.sub.11] and [F.sub.2] populations, but they were observed in the reciprocal generations.
Therefore, the expected segregation in B[C.sub.11] and [F.sub.2] populations is 0:1:3 and 0:1:15, respectively, for apetalous, partially apetalous, and normally petaled plants.
The observed segregation ratio in R-[F.sub.2] was 10:64:128 for apetalous, partially apetalous, and normally petaled types (Table 1).
Inheritance of apetalous flowers in a mutant of oilseed rape. (Crop Breeding, Genetics & Cytology)

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