A common pathway controls cell size in the sepal and leaf epidermis leading to a non-random pattern of giant cells
Frances Kerin Clark, Gauthier Weissbart, Xihang Wang, Kate Harline, Chun‐Biu Li, Pau Formosa-Jordan, Adrienne H. K. Roeder
The paper shows a common genetic pathway controls giant cell formation in both sepal and leaf epidermis, leading to non-random spatial patterns through stochastic gene expression and tissue growth.
PLoS Biology · Nov 3, 2025Peer-reviewedPlant Biology