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Leonardo published his observations of stem asymmetry in his notes for a treatise on painting, without any attempt at explanation. It must represent one of the earliest references to reaction wood in the literature, although there can be no doubt that carpenters and joiners had long been intuitively aware of its effects on the working and mechanical properties of timber.
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Barnett, J.R., Gril, J., Saranpää, P. (2014). Introduction. In: Gardiner, B., Barnett, J., Saranpää, P., Gril, J. (eds) The Biology of Reaction Wood. Springer Series in Wood Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10814-3_1
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