BIO 2137 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Meristem, Auxin, Gravitropism

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Hormone : a regulatory chemical that travels from its production site to target cells that respond to the regulatory signal usually produced in very small quantities. Cause the growth towards the light (phototropism) Elongation due to pumping of h+ causing acidification and softening of the cell wall. High auxin concentration in the shaded side of the shoot. Low auxin concentration at the illuminated side of shoot. Also involved in the growth of stems and roots in reaction to gravity (gravitropism) Statoliths : specialized plastids that accumulate on inferior cell face, giving gravitational direction. Roots : high auxin concentration in down-facing side causes cell elongation on opposite side. Stems : high auxin concentration cause cell elongation in the same side of the stem of stem. Apical dominance: when the growth of the lateral buds is inhibited (caused by auxins) Counter the inhibitory effects of auxins results in complex growth patterns in plants.

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