DNA analysis, which has proven to be a major advance in the field of paternity testing, involves the direct examination of the genetic material that a child inherited from its biological parents. DNA is located throughout the human body and in the same identical form.
In a plant with a taproot system, the taproot is the largest, most central, and most dominant root from which other roots sprout laterally. Typically a taproot is somewhat straight and very thick, is tapering in shape, and grows directly downward.
If this taproot is damage it can weaken or kill the plant. You can prune this plant by removing limbs that are outgrowing your dimensions. Do not sheer the foliage to reduce its size as done with many other plants.