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Oriented cell division shapes carnivorous pitcher leaves of Sarracenia purpurea.
Nature communications - 16 Mar 2015
Fukushima Kenji, Fujita Hironori, Yamaguchi Takahiro, Kawaguchi Masayoshi, Tsukaya Hirokazu, Hasebe Mitsuyasu
Abstract excerpt
Complex morphology is an evolutionary outcome of phenotypic diversification. In some carnivorous plants, the ancestral planar leaf has been modified to form a pitcher shape. However, how leaf development was altered during evolution remains unknown. Here we show that the pitcher leaves of Sarracenia purpurea develop through cell division patterns of adaxial tissues that are distinct from those in bifacial and...
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