One of the fundamental questions in developmental
biology is how cells organize, proliferate and expand
to form discrete organs. My laboratory addresses this
question using a combination of genetics, molecular
biology and genomics to identify and characterize
the genes that regulate formation of the root in the
plant model system, Arabidopsis thaliana. The choice
of the root as a model was based on the simplicity
of its organization and its stereotyped developmental
program.
