Adaxial–abaxial polarity: The developmental basis of leaf shape diversity

  • Kenji Fukushima
    Department of Basic Biology School of Life Science Graduate University for Advance Studies (SOKENDAI) Okazaki 444‐8585 Japan
  • Mitsuyasu Hasebe
    Department of Basic Biology School of Life Science Graduate University for Advance Studies (SOKENDAI) Okazaki 444‐8585 Japan

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<jats:title>Summary</jats:title><jats:p>Leaves of flowering plants are diverse in shape. Part of this morphological diversity can be attributed to differences in spatiotemporal regulation of polarity in the upper (adaxial) and lower (abaxial) sides of developing leaves. In a leaf primordium, antagonistic interactions between polarity determinants specify the adaxial and abaxial domains in a mutually exclusive manner. The patterning of those domains is critical for leaf morphogenesis. In this review, we first summarize the gene networks regulating adaxial–abaxial polarity in conventional bifacial leaves and then discuss how patterning is modified in different leaf type categories. genesis 52:1–18, 2014. © 2013 The Authors. Genesis Published byWiley Periodicals, Inc.</jats:p>

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    genesis 52 (1), 1-18, 2013-12-23

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