Plants maintain the ability to form lateral appendages throughout their life cycle and form
leaves as the principal lateral appendages of the stem. Leaves initiate at the peripheral zone …

There is increasing evidence that all cells sense mechanical forces in order to perform their
functions. In animals, mechanotransduction has been studied during the establishment of …

Sophisticated regulation of gene expression, including microRNAs (miRNAs) and their
target genes, is required for leaf differentiation, growth, and senescence. The impact of …

Single‐cell RNA‐seq (scRNA‐seq) has been highlighted as a powerful tool for the
description of human cell transcriptome, but the technology has not been broadly applied in …

A key challenge in biology is to understand how the regional control of cell growth gives rise
to final organ forms. Plant leaves must coordinate growth along both the proximodistal and …

Brassica oleracea, globally cultivated for its vegetable crops, consists of very diverse
morphotypes, characterized by specialized enlarged organs as harvested products. This …

Plants are sessile and as such their reactions to environmental challenges differ from those
of mobile organisms. Many adaptions involve growth responses and hence, growth …

How do genes modify cellular growth to create morphological diversity? We study this
problem in two related plants with differently shaped leaves: Arabidopsis thaliana (simple …

The characteristic leaf shapes we see in all plants are in good part the outcome of the
combined action of several transcription factor networks that translate into cell division …

The flattening of leaves to form broad blades is an important adaptation that maximizes
photosynthesis. However, the molecular mechanism underlying this process remains …