Geometrical Relationships Specifying the Phyllotactic Pattern of Aquatic Plants

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dc.contributor.advisorCooke, Todd Jen_US
dc.contributor.authorKelly, Wanda Jeanen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCell Biology & Molecular Geneticsen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-06-20T05:32:48Z
dc.date.available2008-06-20T05:32:48Z
dc.date.issued2008-04-15en_US
dc.description.abstractAquatic plants provide an opportunity to characterize the geometrical relationships of leaf patterning. A new polar-coordinate model was used to correlate meristem shape and leaf arrangement in aquatic plants. In aquatic plants, the primary geometrical relationship specifying spiral vs. whorled phyllotaxis is primordial position: primordia arising on the apical dome (as defined by displacement angles θ ≤ 90° during maximal phase) are often positioned in spiral patterns, whereas primordia arising on the subtending axis (as defined by displacement angles of θ ≥ 90° during maximal phase) are arranged in whorled patterns. A secondary geometrical relationship shows an inverse correlation between the primordial size : available space ratio and the magnitude of the Fibonacci numbers in spiral phyllotaxis or the number of leaves per whorl in whorled phyllotaxis. This geometrical analysis provides the morphological context for interpreting phyllotaxis mutants and for constructing realistic models phyllotactic patterns.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/8074
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledBiology, Botanyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledBiology, Botanyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledaquatic plantsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledgeometrical modelen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledphyllotaxisen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledshoot apical meristemen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledplant developmenten_US
dc.titleGeometrical Relationships Specifying the Phyllotactic Pattern of Aquatic Plantsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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