Electronic Resource
Palo Alto, Calif.
:
Annual Reviews
Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology
51 (2000), S. 349-370
ISSN:
1040-2519
Source:
Annual Reviews Electronic Back Volume Collection 1932-2001ff
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract Plant development involves specification and elaboration of axes of asymmetry. The apical-basal and inside-outside axes arise in embryogenesis, and are probably oriented maternally. They are maintained during growth post-germination and interact to establish novel axes of asymmetry in flowers and lateral organs (such as leaves). Whereas the genetic control of axis elaboration is now partially understood in embryos, floral meristems, and organs, the underlying mechanisms of axis specification remain largely obscure. Less functionally significant aspects of plant asymmetry (e.g. the handedness of spiral phyllotaxy) may originate in random events and therefore have no genetic control.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.arplant.51.1.349
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