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You were visiting your friend's house. You observed some indoor plants in drawing room. You noticed that shoots of all plants slightly moved towards open window. Aunty told you that she had often changed the position of the arrangement of plants. But in any position shoots of plants showed same behaviour.
How such hormone is functioning in plant body ?

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Auxin is synthesised at shoot tip and it diffuses towards shady side of the shoot. It stimulates the cells to grow longer on the side of the shoot which is away from light.
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