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Plant Responses to Gravity

Gravitropism

Gravitropism

This is an image of an upright tree with high curvature at the base as a result of negative gravitropism. Despite being tilted, amyloplasts will cause the shoot to grow in a vertical direction.

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  • statolith
  • amyloplast
  • gravitropism
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