Dice Game for Endoreduplication of the Leaf Epidermal Cell (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Dice Game for Endoreduplication of the Leaf Epidermal Cell

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Diploid cell (2C) rolls a die to decide whether to start endoreduplication to become a tetraploid cell (4C) or not. This dice game is also seen in the following steps; hence a source of epidermal cell size variation in plant leaves.

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