Meaning of mesocotyl | Babel Free

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The white part of a plant's stem between the buried seed and the plumule

Examples

“The bHLH genes R, B, Sn and Hopi were subsequently identified in maize and shown to induce tissue-specific anthocyanin biosynthesis, including expression in the aleurone layer, scutellum, pericarp, root, mesocotyl, leaf and anther.”

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