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Statolith-based model supports graviperception mechanism

Claim that spaceflight experiments with Arabidopsis starch-deficient mutants support a model in which statoliths mediate plant gravity perception.

Confidence
80%
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Evidence Quote

Spaceflight studies support statolith-based graviperception in plants

Relationship

Statolith-based graviperception mechanism supports Gravity/mechanical stimulation transcriptional network (Arabidopsis root apex)

Evidence

Reference to Kiss, J.Z. and Edelmann, R.E. (1999) supporting a statolith-based model for graviperception from spaceflight experiments using starch-deficient Arabidopsis mutants.

Kiss, J.Z. & Edelmann, R.E. (1999). Spaceflight experiments with Arabidopsis starch-deficient mutants support a statolith-based model for graviperception