This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Flowers of the organ number (meristic) mutant clavata1-1 of Arabidopsis thaliana (Brassicaceae) were studied to examine timing and patterns of ...

More than 200 years ago, the poet, philosopher, and natural scientist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe made the remarkable suggestion that flower organs represent modified leaves. By analyzing mutations in ...

In the larger Arabidopsis plant, four of the five genes needed to convert leaves into petals are turned on, leading to a partial conversion of vegetative leaves to petals. In the smaller plant, all ...

Ed Witkowski receives funding from National Research Foundation - Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB). Kelsey Glennon receives funding from the National Research Foundation.