| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2826483 | Trends in Plant Science | 2010 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Variation in floral shape is of major interest to evolutionary and pollination biologists, plant systematists and developmental geneticists. Quantifying this variation has been difficult due to the three-dimensional (3D) complexity of angiosperm flowers. By combining 3D geometric representations of flowers obtained by micro-computed tomography scanning with geometric morphometric methods, well established in zoology and anthropology, floral shape variation can be analyzed quantitatively, allowing for powerful interpretation and visualization of the resulting patterns of variation.
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Authors
Timotheüs van der Niet, Christoph P.E. Zollikofer, Marcia S. Ponce de León, Steven D. Johnson, H. Peter Linder,