Auxin participates in a multitude of developmental processes, as well as responses to
environmental cues. Compared with other plant hormones, auxin exhibits a unique property …

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 …

Imaging techniques for visualizing and analyzing precise morphology and gene expression
patterns are essential for understanding biological processes during development in all …

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

Regeneration, a remarkable example of developmental plasticity displayed by both plants
and animals, involves successive developmental events driven in response to …

The development of plant leaves follows a common basic program that is flexible and is
adjusted according to species, developmental stage and environmental circumstances …

Through its photosynthetic capacity the leaf provides the basis for growth of the whole plant.
In order to improve crops for higher productivity and resistance for future climate scenarios, it …

In this work, we investigate morphological differences between Arabidopsis thaliana, which
has simple leaves, and its relative Cardamine hirsuta, which has dissected leaves …

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 …

Polar transport of the phytohormone auxin and the establishment of localized auxin maxima
regulate embryonic development, stem cell maintenance, root and shoot architecture, and …