Seed shape in model legumes: approximation by a cardioid reveals differences in ethylene insensitive mutants of lotus japonicus and medicago truncatula

Author : Cervantes, e.; martín-gómez, j.j.; chan, p.k.; gresshoff, p.m.; tocino, Á.

Keyword : Arabidopsis; cardioid; lotus japonicus; medicago truncatula; seed;golden ratio;shape

Subject : Agriculture

Article Type : Original article (research)

DOI : https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.jplph.2012.05.019

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Abstract : Seed shape in the model legumes Lotus japonicus and Medicago truncatula is described. Based in previous work with Arabidopsis, the outline of the longitudinal sections of seeds is compared with a cardioid curve. L. japonicus seeds adjust well to an unmodified cardioid, whereas accurate adjustment in M. truncatula is obtained by the simple transformation of scaling the vertical axis by a factor equal to the Golden Ratio. Adjustments of seed shape measurements with simple geometrical forms are essential tools for the statistical analysis of variations in seed shape under different conditions or in mutants.

Article by : Emilio Cervantes

Article add date : 2020-09-04

How to cite : Cervantes, e., martín-gómez, j.j., chan, p.k., gresshoff, p.m., tocino, Á.. (2020-September-04). Seed shape in model legumes: approximation by a cardioid reveals differences in ethylene insensitive mutants of lotus japonicus and medicago truncatula. retrieved from https://www.openacessjournal.com/abstract/115