Open AccessAuxin and plant morphogenesis - a model of regulation
Author(s) -
S. Zajączkowski,
Tomasz J. Wodzicki
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
acta societatis botanicorum poloniae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2083-9480
pISSN - 0001-6977
DOI - 10.5586/asbp.1978.021
Subject(s) - polarity (international relations) , morphogenesis , auxin , oscillation (cell signaling) , biology , biological system , traveling wave , field (mathematics) , physics , biophysics , cell , mathematics , biochemistry , mathematical analysis , pure mathematics , gene
In the presented model cells of the plant body form a spatial medium in which three-dimensional morphogenic waves of auxin are propagated. Points in the same phase of oscillation form isophasic surfaces and the vectors of wave propagation form a three-dimensional vector field. The vectors in the case of local inhomogeneities of the medium deviate from organ polarity, providing positional information recognized by cells. Models of functioning of such a supracellular oscillatory system in regulation of tissue differentiation, tropic responses and plant form are discussed