Friday November 24th 12:30h – Dr. Paula Elomaa. Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
“Developmental patterning of head-like inflorescences in Asteraceae” The inflorescences in the sunflower family (Asteraceae), flower heads or capitula, are iconic examples of geometric beauty found in nature. They may consist of hundreds of florets arranged in regular left- and right-curving spirals whose numbers follow the mathematical Fibonacci series. We have recently resolved the growth dynamics […]