Bipolar neurons have two specialized processes: a dendrite that carries information to the cell and an axon that transmits information from the cell.

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Strigolactone is a group of trepenoids that produced in both shoots and roots and is transported through xylem

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Plants with strong apical dominance are typically weakly branched and show

a strong branching response to decapitation

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Direct application of cytokinin to axillary buds stimulates

their growth but strigolactone suppresses axillary bud growth. Besides activating BRC1, strigolactone also inhibits cytokinin biosynthesis by negatively regulating the IPT genes.

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Apical dominance is regulated by sugar availability. After decapitation, sugars, rapidly accumulate in axillary buds, stimulating bud outgrowth.

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GA levels in plants are correlated with stem length, internode elongation and seed germination

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The biosynthesis of gibberellins is under strict genetic, developmental, and environmental control, and numerous gibberellin-deficient mutants have been isolated. 

Mendel’s tall/dwarf alleles in peas are a famous example. Such mutants have been useful in elucidating the complex pathways of gibberellin biosynthesis.