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Physical interaction of floral organs controls petal morphogenesis in Arabidopsis.
Plant physiology - 1 Mar 2013
Takeda Seiji, Iwasaki Akira, Matsumoto Noritaka, Uemura Tomohiro, Tatematsu Kiyoshi, Okada Kiyotaka
Abstract excerpt
Flowering plants bear beautiful flowers to attract pollinators. Petals are the most variable organs in flowering plants, with their color, fragrance, and shape. In Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), petal primordia arise at a similar time to stamen primordia and elongate at later stages through the narrow space between anthers and sepals. Although many of the genes involved in regulating petal identity and...
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