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Published online 17 September 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020916-1
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Tomatoes go a bit pear-shaped
Missing gene means squash and aubergines don't know when to stop growing
Disabling one gene turns tomatoes pear-shaped, researchers have found. Squash, aubergines - and pears - probably owe their shape to the same effect.
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