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Wood development: Growth through knowledge

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Overexpressing a receptor–ligand pair specifically in their native tissue domains dramatically promotes wood formation and biomass production in trees.

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Figure 1: Regulatory factors controlling secondary growth.

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  1. The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Bateman Street, Cambridge, CB2 1LR, UK

    Jing Zhang & Ykä Helariutta

  2. Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 65, 00014, Helsinki, Finland

    Juan Antonio Alonso Serra & Ykä Helariutta

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Zhang, J., Serra, J. & Helariutta, Y. Wood development: Growth through knowledge. Nature Plants 1, 15060 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2015.60

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