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ALMOST nothing is known about the establishment of cellular polarity underlying the polar auxin transport system of higher plants. Osborne1 has suggested that the apical ends of cells derived from an apical meristem by sequential divisions are younger than the basal ends: their polarity and the basipetal transport of auxin are due to this age difference. Sachs2 in his work on regenerating vascular strands has found that gradients of auxin may be responsible for establishing the cellular polarity and the subsequent transport of auxin in the direction of the initial gradient. Shoot tips and expanding dicot leaves contain relatively high levels of auxin. The basipetal polarity of auxin transport in petioles and stems is therefore associated with basipetal auxin gradients. In grass coleoptiles the greatest amounts of auxin are found at the tip, where basipetal auxin transport is also associated with basipetal auxin gradients.
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SHELDRAKE, A. Polar Auxin Transport in Leaves of Monocotyledons. Nature 238, 352–353 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/238352a0
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