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Guy Wachsman1, Erin E Sparks1, Philip N Benfey1,2

  • 1Department of Biology and Center for Systems Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.

The New Phytologist
|May 21, 2015
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Plant roots offer a unique model for studying development. Recent advances in genomics and computational tools reveal new mechanisms controlling root anatomy and architecture.

Keywords:
Arabidopsislateral rootnetworksrootroot architecture

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