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Microtubules and Cytomorphogenesis in a Developing Organ: The Root Primordium of Azolla pinnata

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Book cover Cytomorphogenesis in Plants

Part of the book series: Cell Biology Monographs ((CELLBIOL,volume 8))

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It is a major theme of this book that cytomorphogenetic events participate in all aspects of growth and development. No cell can grow, change shape, assume or maintain or alter a State of polarity, differentiate, or divide without concomitant control and adjustment of its cytoskeleton. Such events occur in sequence during the life of an individual cell, and, in multicellular tissues and organs, are co-ordinated so that the population of cells develops harmoniously and produces a defined overall organization.

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  1. Department of Developmental Biology, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra City, A.C.T., Australia

    B. E. S. Gunning

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    Oswald Kiermayer

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Gunning, B.E.S. (1981). Microtubules and Cytomorphogenesis in a Developing Organ: The Root Primordium of Azolla pinnata . In: Kiermayer, O. (eds) Cytomorphogenesis in Plants. Cell Biology Monographs, vol 8. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8602-2_11

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