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Cell size patterning in Arabidopsis flowers.
A confocal projection of the cluster of flowers surrounding the growing tip of Arabidopsis shows the formation of cells with a large range of sizes on the sepals of the developing flowers. The variable decisions of cells on the outer surface of the sepals, concerning division time and when to stop dividing, create this characteristic pattern (see Roeder et al., e1000367). Cell nuclei and plasma membranes are shown in green; chloroplasts are in red for contrast. The pattern develops progressively from the youngest flowers near the center to the older flowers on the periphery.
Image Credit: Adrienne Roeder (California Institute of Technology)
Citation: (2010) PLoS Biology Issue Image | Vol. 8(5) May 2010. PLoS Biol 8(5): ev08.i05. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pbio.v08.i05
Published: May 25, 2010
Copyright: © 2010 Adrienne Roeder. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
A confocal projection of the cluster of flowers surrounding the growing tip of Arabidopsis shows the formation of cells with a large range of sizes on the sepals of the developing flowers. The variable decisions of cells on the outer surface of the sepals, concerning division time and when to stop dividing, create this characteristic pattern (see Roeder et al., e1000367). Cell nuclei and plasma membranes are shown in green; chloroplasts are in red for contrast. The pattern develops progressively from the youngest flowers near the center to the older flowers on the periphery.
Image Credit: Adrienne Roeder (California Institute of Technology)