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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 2013, 55 (12): 1251– 1263 Invited Expert Review Letting Go is Never Easy: Abscission and Receptor‐ Like Protein Kinases 1,3,4 2 3,4 3,4* Chad E. Niederhuth , Sung Ki Cho , Kati Seitz and John C. Walker 1Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA 2Department of Horticulture, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA 3Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA 4 Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA Corresponding author Tel: þ1 573 882 3584; Fax: þ1 573 884 967; E‐mail: walkerj@ Articles can be viewed online without a subscription. Available online on 19 October 2013 at and /journal/jipb doi: 10.1111/jipb.12116 Abstract Abscission is the process by which plants discard organs in response to environmental cues/stressors, or as part of their normal development. Abscission has been studied throughout the history of the plant sciences and in numerous species. Although long studied at the anatomical and physiological levels, abscission has only been elucidated at the molecular and genetic levels within the last two decades, primarily with the use of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. This has led to the discovery of numerous genes involved at all steps of abscission, inc