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Stepwise cell fate establishment in the rice stem
Tsuda et al. investigate the temporal order of cell fate establishment during stem development in rice.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad241
By Katsutoshi Tsuda
Background: The stem, which consists of nodes and internodes, is an axis of the shoot that physically supports lateral organs such…