Shoot architecture is determined by the organization and activities of apical, axillary,
intercalary, secondary, and inflorescence meristems and by the subsequent development of …

Plants reprogram somatic cells following injury and regenerate new tissues and organs.
Upon perception of inductive cues, somatic cells often dedifferentiate, proliferate, and …

Compared with animals, plants generally possess a high degree of developmental plasticity
and display various types of tissue or organ regeneration. This regenerative capacity can be …

Shoot meristems of plants are composed of stem cells that are continuously replenished
through a classical feedback circuit involving the homeobox WUSCHEL (WUS) gene and …

Background: Plants produce leaf and flower primordia from a specialized tissue called the
shoot apical meristem (SAM). Genetic studies have identified a large number of genes that …

Cell pluripotency is fundamental to biology. It has long been known that differentiated
somatic plant cells may reacquire pluripotency, but the underlying mechanism remains …

Higher plants display a variety of architectures that are defined by the degree of branching,
internodal elongation, and shoot determinancy. Studies on the model plants of Arabidopsis …

In tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruit, the number of locules (cavities containing seeds that
are derived from carpels) varies from two to up to 10 or more. Locule number affects fruit …

Multicellular organisms possess pluripotent stem cells to form new organs, replenish the
daily loss of cells, or regenerate organs after injury. Stem cells are maintained in specific …

Recent studies show that plant organ positioning may be mediated by localized
concentrations of the plant hormone auxin. Auxin patterning in the shoot apical meristem is …