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. 2020 Oct 22;71(20):6189-6192.
doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraa389.

By hook or by crook: how and why do compound leaves stay curved during development?

Yasmine Meroz  1 , Wendy K Silk  2
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By hook or by crook: how and why do compound leaves stay curved during development?

Yasmine Meroz et al. J Exp Bot. .

Abstract

This article comments on:

Rivière M, Corre Y, Peaucelle A, Derr J, Douady S. 2020. The hook shape of growing leaves results from an active regulatory process. Journal of Experimental Botany 71, 6408–6417.

Keywords: Curvature; growth kinematics; leaf; morphogenesis; proprioception; quantitative approaches.

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