Phyllotaxis - A Systemic Study in Plant Morphogenesis

Klappentext The many facets of phyllotaxis are dealt with in an integrated manner for the first time. Zusammenfassung Phyllotaxis! the study of the patterns exhibited by leaves and other organs of plants! raises some of the deepest questions of plant morphogenesis. In this book! first published in 1994! the many facets of phyllotaxis are dealt with in an integrated manner for the first time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue; Part I. Pattern Recognition: Introduction; 1. The centric representation; 2. The fundamental theorem and its applications; 3. Hierarchal control in phyllotaxis; 4. Allometry-type model in phyllotaxis; 5. Practical pattern recognition; Epilogue; Part II. Pattern Generation: A Key to the Puzzles: Introduction; 6. An interpretative model; 7. Testing the interpretative model; 8. The interpretative model and whorled patterns; 9. Convergences among models; Epilogue; Part III. Origins of Phyllotactic Patterns: Introduction; 10. Exotic phyllotaxis; 11. Morphogenetical parallelism and autoevolutionism; 12. The challenge redefined; Epilogue; Part IV. Complements: Introduction; Appendices; Bibliography; Indexes.

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• Authors: Roger V. Jean, Roger V. (Universite du Quebec Jean, Jean Roger V.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.03.2009
• EAN: 9780521104692
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10469-2
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; Print on Demand
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany