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Leaf Development

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The Establishment of Leaf Polarity

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Differentiation of Epidermal Cell Types

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Venation Patterns in Leaves

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Lucas, W. J., Groover, A., Lichtenberger, R., Furuta, K., Yadav, S.-R., Helariutta, Y., He, X.-Q., Fukuda, H., Kang, J., Brady, S. M., et al. (2013) The plant vascular system: Evolution, development and functions. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 55: 294–388.

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Shoot Branching and Architecture

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Mason, M. G., Ross, J. J., Babst, B. A., Wienclaw, B. N., and Beveridge, C. A. (2014) Sugar demand, not auxin, is the initial regulator of apical dominance. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 111: 6092–6097.

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Root System Architecture

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Secondary Growth

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Zhang, J., Elo, A., and Helariutta, Y. (2011) Arabidopsis as a model for wood formation. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 22: 293–299.

Web Topics

Besnard, F. B., Vernoux, T. and Hamant, O. (2011) Organogenesis from stem cells in planta: multiple feedback loops integrating molecular and mechanical signals. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 68, 2885–2906.

Hamant et al. 2008 Developmental Patterning by Mechanical Signals in Arabidopsis. Science 322, 1650–1655.

Heisler et al. 2010. Alignment between PIN1 Polarity and Microtubule Orientation in the Shoot Apical Meristem Reveals a Tight Coupling between Morphogenesis and Auxin Transport. PLoS Biology 8, Issue 10, pp. 1–12.