A week later, most of the seedlings were etiolated, which meant that they were weak, withered, and didn’t have any leaves. This wasn’t surprising; it’s how plants deprived of light are expected to grow. Chory and her team studied all of the genes known to be associated with light and found that they were “turned off,” as they would be in a normal plant. They later discovered the existence of a new light receptor related to the mutated gene—a revolutionary finding, and one that was first met with a lot of doubt and skepticism. She continued this work throughout the next decade, before joining the Salk Institute in 1988.

Source: The Guardian April 28, 2023 22:06 UTC