mesocotyl

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Noun

mesocotyl (plural mesocotyls)

1. (botany) The white part of a plant's stem between the buried seed and the plumule
   • 2016 March 5, “The Tomato Hoffman’s Anthocyaninless Gene Encodes a bHLH Transcription Factor Involved in Anthocyanin Biosynthesis That Is Developmentally Regulated and Induced by Low Temperatures”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The bHLH genes R, B, Sn and Hopi were subsequently identified in maize and shown to induce tissue-specific anthocyanin biosynthesis, including expression in the aleurone layer, scutellum, pericarp, root, mesocotyl, leaf and anther.