Understanding how auxin and dorsoventral patterning are coordinated in plants

这项研究将首次揭示叶、花和花器官的生长是如何通过组织模式基因和植物生长激素来协调的。所有的植物都是以这种方式生长的，我们使用实验室模型植物得出的发现也适用于农作物物种。因此，我们将扩展我们关于多细胞生物体如何构建的核心知识，并为改变农业和园艺物种的叶子和花的发育模式创造可能性。可能会产生叶片更大或花结构不同的作物。

This study will help reveal for the first time how the outgrowth of leaves, flowers and floral organs is coordinated by tissue patterning genes and the plant growth hormone auxin. All plants grow in this way, and our findings, made using a model laboratory plant, will be applicable to crop species as well. Thus we will both expand our core knowledge of how multicellular organisms are constructed, and also generate possibilities for modifying the patterns of leaf and flower development in agricultural and horticultural species. Crops with larger leaves, or flowers of different structure, may result.