Determining the contribution of epidermal cell shape to petal wettability using isogenic antirrhinum lines

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Whitney, Heather M ^a,b   Poetes, Rosa ^c   Steiner, Ullrich ^c   Chittka, Lars ^d   Glover, Beverley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANTIRRHINUM; ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; FLOWER; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PETAL; PLANT EPIDERMIS CELL; POLLINATOR; WETTABILITY; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EPIDERMIS;

ANTIRRHINUM; HEXAPODA;

ANTIRRHINUM; CELL SHAPE; FLOWERS; PLANT EPIDERMIS; WATER; WETTABILITY;

EID: 79952521075     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017576     Document Type: Article

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