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The CUP-SHAPED COTYLEDON2 and 3 genes have a post-meristematic effect on Arabidopsis thaliana phyllotaxis.
Annals of botany - 1 Apr 2015
Burian Agata, Raczyńska-Szajgin Magdalena, Borowska-Wykręt Dorota, Piatek Agnieszka, Aida Mitsuhiro, Kwiatkowska Dorota
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The arrangement of flowers in inflorescence shoots of Arabidopsis thaliana represents a regular spiral Fibonacci phyllotaxis. However, in the cuc2 cuc3 double mutant, flower pedicels are fused to the inflorescence stem, and phyllotaxis is aberrant in the mature shoot regions. This study examined the causes of this altered development, and in particular whether the mutant phenotype is a...
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