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Image Title: Expression of Pattern in Plants
Image Credit: J. Dumais, S. C. Rennich.
AJB Editor: Karl Niklas, Cornell University
Intended End User: Teacher, Student
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About the Image

Scanning electron micrograph of a young sunflower capitulum (left) and simulation of the same structure based on mechanical buckling of a thin circular plate (right). One family of spirals is highlighted in yellow.

Link to the AJB Abstract for the article:

Expression of pattern in plants: combining molecular and calculus-based biophysical paradigms

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