Joints and Tomato Plant (IMAGE)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Joints and Tomato Plant

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Without the nubby joints that are normally present on the stems of tomato plants, the fruit is much easier to harvest. However, researchers have discovered how a cryptic mutation can get in the way of this otherwise desirable trait.

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Lippman lab/CSHL

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