Some cells carry a cheater mutation that makes spores but that avoids contributing to the stalk.

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Brassinosteroids, like gibberellins, suppress photomorphogenesis in the dark.

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DE-ETIOLATED2 (DET2) gene, which encodes a brassinosteroid biosynthetic gene. Det2 loss-of-function mutants have reduced levels of brassinosteroids, resulting in a de-etiolated appearance of the seedling even when grown in the dark

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Brassinosteroids are also required for promotion of cell

elongation by gibberellins, and gibberellin-induced degradation

of the DELLA repressor enhances the brassinosteroid response.

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OsGSR1, a member of the gibberellic acid–stimulated gene family, acts as a positive regulator of both the gibberellic acid response and brassinosteroid biosynthesis.

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ABA was originally thought to induce abscission, however, abscission is regulated by ethylene rather than ABA.

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ABA has a single chiral center at C‐1′. Only the (S)‐enantiomer occurs in nature