title: Plant Development: Differential Growth Rates in Distinct Zones Shape an Ancient Plant Form.
abstract: A long-standing question in biology is how a group of primordial cells can give rise to complex organs. A new study finds that, in an ancient land plant, growth rate variation patterned by meristematic cells primarily determines shape.
authors.affiliation: Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and Section of Plant Biology, School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
authors.forename: Lilan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.affiliation: Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and Section of Plant Biology, School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. Electronic address: ahr75@cornell.edu.
authors.forename: Adrienne H K
authors.initials: AHK
authors.lastname: Roeder
mesh_terms: D019669:Embryophyta; D035926:Hepatophyta; D018519:Meristem; D010944:Plants