Hierarchical chirality transfer in the growth of towel gourd tendrils

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wang, Jian Shan ^a,b   Wang, Gang ^c   Feng, Xi Qiao ^d   Kitamura, Takayuki ^b   Kang, Yi Lan ^a   Yu, Shou Wen ^d   Qin, Qing Hua ^e  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84889248913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03102     Document Type: Article

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