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What does etiolation mean?

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  1. (botany) growth process of plants grown in the absence of light, characterized by long, weak stems, fewer leaves and chlorosis
  2. (botany) The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.
  3. Paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease.
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It has been hypothesized that the distribution of glutamine biosynthesis in different cellular compartments may be associated with etiolation in seedlings.
The last, in its wild state, is said to be pernicious, but etiolation changes the products and renders them harmless.
In an attempt to solve these questions, one fruitful approach has been the analysis of in situ absorbance and fluorescence spectra during etiolation.
Attention was drawn to the fact that by virtue of the laws which Darwin himself had discovered isolation leads to etiolation.
These levels may not have been sufficient to activate the phytochrome response and entirely inhibit etiolation.
One of the awful things about the emphasis on kids being expected to have a career plan at 14, coupled with the etiolation of adult education, is that the fable of the job for life still pertains.

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