Can mechanics control pattern formation in plants?

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-62

  Dumais, Jacques ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MORPHOGENESIS; PLANT; REVIEW; SURFACE TENSION;

BIOMECHANICS; BODY PATTERNING; PLANTS; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 33846097724     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2006.11.014     Document Type: Review

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