Physical Phenomenology of Phyllotaxis

Details Physical Phenomenology of Phyllotaxis Physical Phenomenology of Phyllotaxis

2010-11-09

arxiv.org/abs/1011.1981v3

Journal of Theoretical Biology 280 (2011), pp. 63-75

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Biological Physics

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.03.037

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.

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