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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 ...
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