Spiralling upward

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 275-280

  Schulgasser, Kalman ^a   Witztum, Allan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Spiral leaf; Stability; Typha

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MONOCOTYLEDON; STABILIZATION;

ARTICLE; GENETIC STABILITY; HEIGHT; NARCISSUS; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT;

CELL WALL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; TYPHACEAE;

NARCISSUS; PANCRATIUM; TYPHA; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS;

EID: 4043104110     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.05.018     Document Type: Article

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