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Table 3.

Pistil and ovules in ufo-2 and different phases of phenotypic complementation

				Ovules
	Pistil
	n	2 carpels^{^*}	Unfused^{^†}	n	Abnormal^{^‡}	Abnormal on unfused pistil^{^§}
ufo-2	150	25%	9%	0	13%	0%
Type I	72	24%	69%	58	34%	33%
Type II	52	46%	31%	30	20%	17%
Type III	61	67%	16%	35	9%	6%
Type IV	38	85%	3%	28	0%	0%

				Ovules
	Pistil
	n	2 carpels^{^*}	Unfused^{^†}	n	Abnormal^{^‡}	Abnormal on unfused pistil^{^§}
ufo-2	150	25%	9%	0	13%	0%
Type I	72	24%	69%	58	34%	33%
Type II	52	46%	31%	30	20%	17%
Type III	61	67%	16%	35	9%	6%
Type IV	38	85%	3%	28	0%	0%

^*

Percentage of flowers with pistil formed by two carpels.

Percentage of flowers showing fusion defects between carpels.

Percentage of flowers with at least one abnormal ovule.

Percentage of flowers with at least one abnormal ovule developing and a pistil with fusion defects.