Stochastic approaches in phyllotaxis

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1675-1685

  Barabé, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Entropy; Mutants; Order; Patterns; Phyllotaxis

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; ENTROPY; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MUTANTS; PHYLLOTAXIS; SHOOT APICAL MERISTEM (SAM); STOCHASTIC APPROACHES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DICOTYLEDON; ENTROPY; MUTATION; STOCHASTICITY;

CELLS; ENTROPY; PLANTS;

ANTIRRHINUM; ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 34248374834     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B06-116     Document Type: Short Survey

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