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Control of phyllotaxy by the cytokinin-inducible response regulator homologue ABPHYL1.
Nature - 26 Aug 2004
Giulini Anna, Wang Jing, Jackson David
Abstract excerpt
Phyllotaxy describes the geometric pattern of leaves and flowers, and has intrigued botanists and mathematicians for centuries. How these patterns are initiated is poorly understood, and this is partly due to the paucity of mutants. Signalling by the plant hormone auxin appears to determine the site of leaf initiation; however, this observation does not explain how distinct patterns of phyllotaxy are initiated....
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