Feedback loop behind spiral patterns in plants uncovered?

Thursday, November 3, 2016 - 11:02 in Biology & Nature

This flower-like image shows a plant that is not developing quite right. It comes from a study in which scientists at EMBL and the University of Sydney unearthed the molecular feedback loop that creates the spiral pattern of leaves around a stem. The work is published today in Current Biology.

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