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Gene network controls how many flowers and fruits plants will make in critical growth window
November 7, 2016
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A Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory team has used RNA sequencing to identify a network of hundreds of genes that work together to determine the duration of a critical window for the growth of stem cells in plants that give rise to flowers. The longer this window remains open, the more stem cells develop and the more flowers and branches that can grow.Full StorySource
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