Theoretical biologists have solved a unique puzzle in the structure of plants’ vascular tissue. Two mutations that had opposite effects appear to lead to the same result. Professor of Computational Developmental Biology Kirsten ten Tusscher has shown that both accelerating or delaying the transport of auxin through the plant’s vascular tissue result in the creation of a Swiss-cheese-like pattern of holes in new vascular cells. She has published her findings in the journal Nature Communications, together with her experimental plant biologist colleagues from Switzerland.
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