Approximately two decades after the first pioneering analyses, the study of shape asymmetry
with the methods of geometric morphometrics has matured and is a burgeoning field. New …

Leaves are the most important organs for plants. Without leaves, plants cannot capture light
energy or synthesize organic compounds via photosynthesis. Without leaves, plants would …

Abstract Background The Solanaceae is a plant family of great economic importance.
Despite a wealth of phylogenetic work on individual clades and a deep knowledge of …

Morphogenesis emerges from complex multiscale interactions between genetic and
mechanical processes. To understand these processes, the evolution of cell shape …

Morphogenesis emerges from complex multiscale interactions between genetic and
mechanical processes. To understand these processes, the evolution of cell shape …

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 …

Terroir, the unique interaction between genotype, environment, and culture, is highly refined
in domesticated grape (Vitis vinifera). Toward cultivating terroir, the science of …

Developmental systems integrate inputs of variation from different origins into the
observable variation of the resulting phenotype. Different components of phenotypic …

Introgression lines (ILs), in which genetic material from wild tomato species is introgressed
into a domesticated background, have been used extensively in tomato (Solanum …

Abstract Background: Leaf shape among Passiflora species is spectacularly diverse.
Underlying this diversity in leaf shape are profound changes in the patterning of the primary …