In plant roots, different cell types are organized in a well-defined pattern: each cell knows exactly where it is and what it should do. A molecule that tells cells where they are has now been discovered.
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Hake, S. Mobile protein signals cell fate. Nature 413, 261–263 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35095143
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