Plant Development: Spacing out Stomatal Pores

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Gwyneth C. Ingram

چکیده

How do plants generate the optimal spacing of stomatal pores on their surfaces to prevent excessive water-loss, whilst allowing efficient gas exchange? New research into the ERECTA family of receptor-like-kinases has provided an important link in the cell-cell signalling pathways controlling this process.

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