Marina Oliva

@moliva.bsky.social

Biologist at The University of Western Australia

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Are plant roots really made up of concentric layers of homogeneous, differentiating cell types? In our new study, out now in @nature.com, we show a more complex picture: two distinct cell states within root lineages, shaped in part by the environment. 🧵👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

An environmentally regulated dichotomy in cell lineages of the root - Nature

An environment-regulated state is identified across multiple cell types at the root tip, revealing a shared dichotomy between cells with and without this state.

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