Article
Cauliflower fractal forms arise from perturbations of floral gene networks.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 9 Jul 2021
Azpeitia Eugenio, Tichtinsky Gabrielle, Le Masson Marie, Serrano-Mislata Antonio, Lucas Jérémy, Gregis Veronica, Gimenez Carlos, Prunet Nathanaël, Farcot Etienne, Kater Martin M, Bradley Desmond, Madueño Francisco, Godin Christophe, Parcy Francois
Abstract excerpt
Throughout development, plant meristems regularly produce organs in defined spiral, opposite, or whorl patterns. Cauliflowers present an unusual organ arrangement with a multitude of spirals nested over a wide range of scales. How such a fractal, self-similar organization emerges from developmental mechanisms has remained elusive. Combining experimental analyses in an Arabidopsis thaliana cauliflower-like mutant...
Topics
- Arabidopsis
- Arabidopsis Proteins
- Brassica
- Flowers
- Fractals
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Gene Regulatory Networks
- Genes, Plant
- Inflorescence
- Meristem