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The fruit cuticles of wild tomato species exhibit architectural and chemical diversity, providing a new model for studying the evolution of cuticle function.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Feb 2012
Yeats Trevor H, Buda Gregory J, Wang Zhonghua, Chehanovsky Noam, Moyle Leonie C, Jetter Reinhard, Schaffer Arthur A, Rose Jocelyn K C
Abstract excerpt
The cuticle covers the aerial epidermis of land plants and plays a primary role in water regulation and protection from external stresses. Remarkable species diversity in the structure and composition of its components, cutin and wax, have been catalogued, but few functional or genetic correlations have emerged. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is part of a complex of closely related wild species endemic to the...
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