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Arnon Brand1, Neti Shirding, Sharona Shleizer

  • 1The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Otto Warburg Minerva Center for Agricultural Biotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.

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|May 24, 2007
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Genetic factors control tomato plant growth and leaf complexity. Studying tomato mutants reveals shared mechanisms for shoot apical meristem (SAM) activity and compound leaf development, crucial for plant architecture.

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