Botany: A stem's 'sense of self' contributes to shape
Thursday, March 23, 2017 - 15:11
in Biology & Nature
It is well known that as plants grow, their stems and shoots respond to outside signals like light and gravity. But if plants all have similar stimuli, why are there so many different plant shapes? Using simple mathematical ideas, researchers have constructed a framework that explains and quantifies the different shapes of plant stems.