Ottoline Leyser from the University of York says that after a plant is pruned, all the inhibited shoot tips compete with each other to grow.

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But we probably shouldn't say that. After all, if you shoot me, there's my corpse lying on the stage.

但是我们也许不该那么说,毕竟,假如你射杀了我,我的尸体倒在讲台上

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After all, if you rip out your gun, shoot me in the heart, I bleed to death, we still have a human body in front of us.

毕竟你拔出枪,击中我的心脏,我失血而亡,我还是保持着肉体的形式

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