Age-associated growth control modifies leaf proximodistal symmetry and enables leaf shape diversification
Xin-Min Li,
Hannah Jenke,
Sören Strauss
et al.
Abstract:Biological shape diversity is often manifested in modulation of organ symmetry and modification of the patterned elaboration of repeated shape elements.1-5 Whether and how these two aspects of shape determination are coordinately regulated is unclear.5-7 Plant leaves provide an attractive system to investigate this problem, because they usually show asymmetries along their proximodistal axis, along which they can also produce repeated marginal outgrowths such as serrations or leaflets.1 One case of leaf shape … Show more
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