A SIMPLE-MODEL FOR THE GROWTH OF RAMIFIED LEAF STRUCTURES

Authors
POSCHEL T MALCHOW H
Citation
T. Poschel et H. Malchow, A SIMPLE-MODEL FOR THE GROWTH OF RAMIFIED LEAF STRUCTURES, Chaos, solitons and fractals, 4(10), 1994, pp. 1883-1888
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics,Mechanics,Engineering,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
Chaos, solitons and fractals → ACNP
ISSN journal
09600779
Volume
4
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1883 - 1888
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-0779(1994)4:10<1883:ASFTGO>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The detailed mechanism of the formation of net and branching leaf stru ctures is not known yet. Several mathematical modelling attempts to ge nerate those structures have been made previously, based on biochemica l or purely mathematical assumptions. Here, we present a simple model, based on plausible biophysical suppositions, which is able to reprodu ce the formation of a ramified structure grown out of a single activat ed cell.