![Loading...](https://link.springer.com/static/c4a417b97a76cc2980e3c25e2271af3129e08bbe/images/pdf-preview/spacer.gif)
-
Chapter
Auxin, Chief Architect of the Shoot Apex
Plants have a unique capacity for continuous postembryonic development linked to the existence of permanent stem cell niches, located in specialized tissues called meristems. The activity of the shoot apical m...
-
Chapter
From Auxin Transport to Patterning
The phytohormone auxin is often observed to be asymmetrically distributed across tissues and regulate crucial events of plant development. These gradients are generated by a network of polarly localized membra...
-
Chapter
Developmental control of cell division patterns in the shoot apex
The shoot apical meristem is a group of rapidly dividing cells that generate all aerial parts of the plant. It is a highly organised structure, which can be divided into functionally distinct domains, characte...