What can a Single Layer of Cells Control?

Here's a quote from:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-02/ajob-cas022510.php

Can a single layer
of cells control
a leaf's size?
The role of epidermal cells in determining leaf size and shape

Ever looked carefully at the leaves on a plant and noticed their various sizes and shapes? Why are they different? What controls the size and shape of each individual leaf? Very little is known about the developmental control of leaf size and shape, and understanding the mechanisms behind this is a major issue in plant biology.

Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-02/ajob-cas022510.php; Accessed 2-25-2010. Read More. Click here. (Emphasis in green is Dr. J's.)

Contact: Richard Hund
rhund@botany.org 314-577-9557
American Journal of Botany
and Click here for more information.

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