Plant Organ Growth: Stopping Under Stress.

Curr Biol

Center for Organismal Studies, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 230, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Electronic address:

Published: May 2016

Plant organs reproducibly reach a set size and shape, and a key question is what prevents overgrowth. A new study uses imaging and computer modelling of the Arabidopsis sepal to show that mechanics determines growth arrest and thus final organ shape.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.03.056DOI Listing

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