Division and differentiation during normal and liguleless-1 maize leaf development.

doi:10.1242/dev.110.3.985

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Division and differentiation during normal and liguleless-1 maize leaf development.

Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Nov 1990

Sylvester A W, Cande W Z, Freeling M

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The maize leaf is composed of a blade and a sheath, which are separated at the ligular region by a ligule and an auricle. Mutants homozygous for the recessive liguleless-1 (lg1) allele exhibit loss of normal ligule and auricle. The cellular events associated with development of these structures i...

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Cell Differentiation
Cell Division
Mutation
Zea mays

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