Phyllotaxis — a new chapter in an old tale about beauty and magic numbers

Reinhardt, Didier (2005). Phyllotaxis — a new chapter in an old tale about beauty and magic numbers. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 8(5), pp. 487-493. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.pbi.2005.07.012

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Phyllotaxis, the regular arrangement of leaves and flowers around the stem, is one of the most fascinating patterning phenomena in biology. Numerous theoretical models, that are based on biochemical, biophysical and other principles, have been proposed to explain the development of the patterns. Recently, auxin has been identified as the inducer of organ formation. An emerging model for phyllotaxis states that polar auxin transport in the plant apex generates local peaks in auxin concentration that determine the site of organ formation and thereby the different phyllotactic patterns found in nature. The PIN proteins play a primary role in auxin transport. These proteins are localized in a polar fashion, reflecting the directionality of polar auxin transport. Recent evidence shows that most aspects of phyllotaxis can be explained by the expression pattern and the dynamic subcellular localization of PIN1.

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