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It is not an acronym; it is an abbreviation of pinnulate (or pinnulated), which means having the pinnulae of a pinnate leaf properly developed.

Gene symbols written in all caps indicate the wild-type condition of the organism: If a gene is referred to as PIN1, it means its product (an auxin transporter) permits normal branching (or at lest does not contribute to malformations); when it is written in lower case, pin1, it indicates the gene has a variant associated with a mutant (non-pinnate) phenotype.

PIN1: nothing is broken

pin1: a single stalk without pinnulae (in the case of Arabidopsis)

If the mutant looks like a pin, it is a co-incidence (probably a mnemonic suggested by a English-speaking teacher). The original meaning derives from pinna, which refers to the normal appearance of leaves and flowers.

It is not an acronym; it is an abbreviation of pinnulate (or pinnulated), which means having the pinnulae of a pinnate leaf properly developed.

Gene symbols written in all caps indicate the wild-type condition of the organism: If a gene is referred to as PIN1, it means its product (an auxin transporter) permits normal branching (or at lest does not contribute to malformations); when it is written in lower case, pin1, it indicates the gene has a variant associated with a mutant (non-pinnate) phenotype.

PIN1: nothing is broken

pin1: a single stalk without pinnulae (in the case of Arabidopsis)

If the mutant looks like a pin, it is a co-incidence (probably a mnemonic suggested by a English-speaking teacher). The original meaning derives from pinna, which refers to the normal appearance leaves and flowers.

It is not an acronym; it is an abbreviation of pinnulate (or pinnulated), which means having the pinnulae of a pinnate leaf properly developed.

Gene symbols written in all caps indicate the wild-type condition of the organism: If a gene is referred to as PIN1, it means its product (an auxin transporter) permits normal branching (or at lest does not contribute to malformations); when it is written in lower case, pin1, it indicates the gene has a variant associated with a mutant (non-pinnate) phenotype.

PIN1: nothing is broken

pin1: a single stalk without pinnulae (in the case of Arabidopsis)

If the mutant looks like a pin, it is a co-incidence (probably a mnemonic suggested by a English-speaking teacher). The original meaning derives from pinna, which refers to the normal appearance of leaves and flowers.

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It is not an acronym; it is an abbreviation of pinnulate (or pinnulated), which means having the pinnulae of a pinnate leaf properly developed.

Gene symbols written in all caps indicate the wild-type condition of the organism: If a gene is referred to as PIN1, it means its product (an auxin transporter) permits normal branching (or at lest does not contribute to malformations); when it is written in lower case, pin1, it indicates the gene has a variant associated with a mutant (non-pinnate) phenotype.

PIN1: nothing is broken

pin1: a single stalk without pinnulae (in the case of Arabidopsis)

If the mutant looks like a pin, it is a co-incidence (probably a mnemonic suggested by a English-speaking teacher). The original meaning derives from pinna, which refers to the normal appearance leaves and flowers.