Cytokinin‐induced promotion of root meristem size in the fern Azolla supports a shoot‐like origin of euphyllophyte roots

The phytohormones cytokinin and auxin orchestrate the root meristem development in angiosperms by determining embryonic bipolarity. Ferns, having the most basal euphyllophyte root, form neither bipolar embryos nor permanent embryonic primary roots but rather an adventitious root system. This raises...

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Main Authors: de Vries, Jan, Fischer, Angela Melanie, Roettger, Mayo, Rommel, Sophie, Schluepmann, Henriette, Bräutigam, Andrea, Carlsbecker, Annelie, Gould, Sven Bernhard
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5049668/