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Genetics of Root Hair Formation

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Root Hairs

Part of the book series: Plant Cell Monographs ((CELLMONO,volume 12))

Abstract

There has been a great deal of recent progress in our understanding of the genetic control of root hair development, particularly in Arabidopsis thaliana. This chapter summarizes the genes and gene products that have been identified using forward and reverse genetic approaches. The involvement of these genes at various stages of root hair development is described, including the specification of the root hair cell type, the initiation of the root hair outgrowth, and the elongation (tip growth) of the root hair.

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We apologise to authors whose work could not be included because of space constraints. C.G. thanks J.S. and the editors for their patience, and Piers Hemsley for help with Fig. 2. Research in J.S.’s laboratory is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation (IOS-0744599 and IOS-0723493).

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Grierson, C., Schiefelbein, J. (2009). Genetics of Root Hair Formation. In: Emons, A.M.C., Ketelaar, T. (eds) Root Hairs. Plant Cell Monographs, vol 12. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79405-9_15

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