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Abstract
We propose an evolutionary mechanism of phyllotaxis, regular arrangement of leaves on a plant stem. It is shown that the phyllotactic pattern with the Fibonacci sequence has a selective advantage, for it involves the least number of phyllotactic transitions during plant growth.Mesh:
Year: 2011 PMID: 21497163 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.03.037
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Theor Biol ISSN: 0022-5193 Impact factor: 2.691