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Published online 13 July 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010719-1
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Long-distance plant traffic
The tomato plant's news is carried in code.
Molecular messengers carry vital instructions from leaves to far-flung stems, say US researchers. Long-distance traffic in grafted tomato stems switches leaves from pointy to round, the team found.
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