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Timotheüs van der Niet1, Christoph P E Zollikofer, Marcia S Ponce de León, Steven D Johnson, H Peter Linder.
Abstract
Variation in floral shape is of major interest to evolutionary and pollination biologists, plant systematists and developmental geneticists. Quantifying this variation has been difficult due to the three-dimensional (3D) complexity of angiosperm flowers. By combining 3D geometric representations of flowers obtained by micro-computed tomography scanning with geometric morphometric methods, well established in zoology and anthropology, floral shape variation can be analyzed quantitatively, allowing for powerful interpretation and visualization of the resulting patterns of variation. 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Mesh:
Year: 2010 PMID: 20541450 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2010.05.005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Plant Sci ISSN: 1360-1385 Impact factor: 18.313