A conserved superlocus regulates above- and belowground root initiation (Science)
The vascular plant body composed of root and shoot is specified during embryogenesis, but most flowering plants can also develop additional root systems post-embryonically: lateral roots, as a response to wounding, or shoot-borne roots (“adventitious” roots, literally meaning “in the wrong place”). The initiation mechanism of these roots as well as their parent tissue and […]