HE locus of Woolly is in chromosome 2 of the tomato, Lycopersicon escu-Zentum, in which the basic chromosome number is 12. Three alleles, in addition to the normal non-Woolly allele, WO+, are known. W O and Wov are dominant and lethal when homozygous, and WO"' is partially dominant and viable when homozygous (RICK and BUTLER 1956). Woolly plants have thicker,
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