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Stacey L Harmer1, Christopher J Brooks1

  • 1Department of Plant Biology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA.

Current Opinion in Plant Biology
|November 7, 2017
PubMed
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Plants use slow, growth-mediated tropic movements for survival. Recent studies reveal molecular mechanisms for phototropism, gravitropism, hydrotropism, and autostraightening, involving hormones like auxin and abscisic acid.

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