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Jan U Lohmann and Detlef Weigel (2004)

From tough nuts to touch-me-nots.

Cell, 116(6):763-4.

An intricate arrangement of different cell types is required for the spring-loaded mechanism of spontaneous seed dispersal typical for many fruits. Liljegren and colleagues (2004 [this issue of Cell]) describe a nonlinear network of transcription factor genes controlling this process.

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