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Published online 13 March 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030310-7
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Flower arranging made easy
Virtual petals yield basic truths of flower growth.
A startlingly simple set of rules that tell petal cells which way to grow explains how plants form even the most showy blooms1. The technique that revealed these rules could also help scientists to understand animal development.
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