The two Arabidopsis mutants that have been used to study phase change. Introduction: The plants are the multicellular eukaryotic organism in the kingdom Plantae. It is characterised by photosynthetic nutrition, a process through which it synthesis carbohydrates, essential unlimited growth at localised region, presence of cellulose in their cell wall and absence of locomotory organs.

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To identify: The two Arabidopsis mutants that have been used to study phase change.

Introduction: The plants are the multicellular eukaryotic organism in the kingdom Plantae. It is characterised by photosynthetic nutrition, a process through which it synthesis carbohydrates, essential unlimited growth at localised region, presence of cellulose in their cell wall and absence of locomotory organs.

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