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This question is about a phenomenon called apical dominance.
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And the question says if you prune shrubs, you can get more branches.
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And that's what this phenomenon is about apical dominance.
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So here's the bud at the top of a branch of a tree, let's say.
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And then here is the branch below it.
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And then here are leaves coming out like this.
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And a leaf coming out like this, something like that.
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Okay.
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Now, in the bud, you have the apical merestim, and this reduces hormones called oxen, and oxen travel downward through the stem, and they suppress branch growth...