Why is my germinated lemon seed green?

Subject: Why is my germinated lemon seed green?

Date: Wed Jul 4 09:01:54 2001
Posted by Andrea
Grade level: nonaligned School: Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
City: Geneva State/Province: No state entered. Country: Switzerland
Area of science: Botany
ID: 994251714.Bt

Message:


I know that angiosperms don't synthesize chlorophyll in the dark, their 
protochlorophyllide reductase is light dependent (honestly I don't remember why, 
whether its transcription of the gene etc). I cut open a lemon last night; why 
was the germinated seed I found green? Lemon skin is pretty thick, can enough 
light penetrate it (in the fridge for the last 10 days or so) to induce 
chlorophyll synthesis? Thanks a lot,   Andrea Auchincloss

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