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Researchers Explain a Key Developmental Mechanism for the First Time in Plants
March 6, 2013
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In simple animals like the fruit fly, and more recently in plants and mammals, scientists have been able to identify some of the principal players in the developmental symphony. Today, a team of researchers from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory explained for the first time, the operation of a mechanism in plants that controls a class of key developmental regulatory genes, called homeobox genes.Full StorySource
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