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Science 25 November 1966:
Vol. 154. no. 3752, pp. 1021 - 1023
DOI: 10.1126/science.154.3752.1021
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Proliferation of Cells in the Central Cylinder of the Reduced Mutant in Lanceolate Tomato

John L. Caruso 1 and Elizabeth G. Cutter 1

1 University of California, DavisDepartment of Botany,

When the reduced phenotype in homozygous lanceolate tomato is cultured on a sterile nutrient medium, there is a considerable amount of cell division within the central cylinder. Such proliferation may occur in response to a stimulus furnished to the shoot by the root.

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