The evolution of root hairs and rhizoids.
BACKGROUND: Almost all land plants develop tip-growing filamentous cells at the interface between the plant and substrate (the soil). Root hairs form on the surface of roots of sporophytes (the multicellular diploid phase of the life cycle) in vascular plants. Rhizoids develop on the free-living ga...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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