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Researchers have found that plants balance growth and genome maintenance by organizing their responses to damage. Plants can’t replace dead cells as animals do, and must deal with DNA damage without halting growth. Combined control of the plant hormones cytokinin and auxin allows plants to organize different DNA damage responses while minimizing cell death. This study will have broad applications to research on plants and other organisms.