<i>Physcomitrella patens</i> (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

<i>Physcomitrella patens</i>

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A moss Physcomitrella patens in which six MADS-box genes are disrupted (right) forms a more elongated shoot than the normal moss does (left). This results in the prohibition of water uptake from the base to the top.

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Koshimizu & Hasebe

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