From leaf to flower: Revisiting Goethe's concepts on the "metamorphosis" of plants

Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 335-343

  Dornelas, Marcelo Carnier ^a   Dornelas, Odair ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flower development; Gene expression; Goethe; Meristem behavior; Theory of plant development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645347051     PISSN: 16770420     EISSN: 16770420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1677-04202005000400001     Document Type: Short Survey

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