maize mutant phenotypes

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Few Branched few primitive branches or bracts at base of spike; some resemble awns

Few Branched A tassel of a Fbr1-N1602/+ heterozygous mutant plant showing few-branches; often replaced by bracts or oversized glumes

Few Branched A deformed tassel of a Fbr1-N1602/+ heterozygous mutant plant showing tiny sterile florets on the main spike and abnormal branches at its base,