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The Genetics of Flower Development

Flower cells learn which organs to become from genes that convey positional information. A model based on just half a dozen such genes can predict how mutations will affect floral structure

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 271 Issue 5This article was originally published with the title “The Genetics of Flower Development” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 271 No. 5 (), p. 56
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1194-56