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- noun Plural form of
hypocotyl .
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Symptoms include reddish or brown lesions on the hypocotyls (belowground portion of the stem) and rotting of the lateral roots from one to several weeks after emergence.
Chapter 10 1981
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If such an idea as yours, of an absorbing organ, had ever crossed my mind, I would have tried many hypocotyls in weak citrate of ammonia, to see if it penetrated on line of junction more easily than elsewhere.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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However, unlike WT embryos no clear distinction in expression pattern could be made between the embryonic root and the hypocotyls.
PLoS Biology: New Articles Ora Hazak et al. 2010
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No surprise by now that they're not tubers, but enlarged hypocotyls (the portion of the stem of a seedling between the seed leaves and the roots).
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In adult embryos expression was detected in the QC and future endodermis of the embryonic roots and in the hypocotyls.
PLoS Biology: New Articles Ora Hazak et al. 2010
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Cyclamen, gloxinia and celeriac also have enlarged hypocotyls.
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Gravity-induced modifications to development in hypocotyls of Arabidopsis tubulin mutants.
SpaceRef Top Stories 2010
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Cyclamen, gloxinia and celeriac also have enlarged hypocotyls.
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A: Polar auxin transport assays in wild-type and ein2 hypocotyls.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Margaret Pullen et al. 2010
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No surprise by now that they're not tubers, but enlarged hypocotyls (the portion of the stem of a seedling between the seed leaves and the roots).
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