For the sunflower, turning toward the sun requires multiple complex systems (IMAGE)

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For the sunflower, turning toward the sun requires multiple complex systems

Caption

Sunflower plants use distinct molecular pathways to accomplish the bending movements underlying phototropism and heliotropism.

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Stacey Harmer (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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