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Arabidopsis mutant -
In Arabidopsis and other flowering plants, ovules (false-colored blue in this scanning electron micrograph) are normally enclosed by tissues of the carpels (green). In this mutant, however, carpel growth is defective, leading to the exposure of the ovules.
(via Fourth “Evolution Matters” Lecture Unravels the “Abominable Mystery” of Flowers)