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Hormone mediated regulation of the shoot apical meristem

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Recent work on hormone mediated regulation of the SAM is reviewed, emphasizing how combinations of genetic, molecular and modelling approaches have refined models based on classic experimental and physiological work. Special emphasis is given to newly described mechanisms that modulate the responsiveness of specific tissues to hormones and their potential to direct position dependent determination processes.

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The author thanks Toshi Foster for stimulating discussions and two anonymous reviewers for thoughtful comments and suggestions. This work was supported by the New Zealand Foundation for Research, Science and Technology.

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Veit, B. Hormone mediated regulation of the shoot apical meristem. Plant Mol Biol 69, 397–408 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11103-008-9396-3

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