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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Hofhuis H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4930488 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cell 20160602 1
How mechanical and biological processes are coordinated across cells, tissues, and organs to produce complex traits is a key question in biology. Cardamine hirsuta, a relative of Arabidopsis thaliana, uses an explosive mechanism to disperse its seeds. We show that this trait evolved through morphomechanical innovations at different spatial scales. At the organ scale, tension within the fruit wall generates the elastic energy required for explosion. This tension is produced by differential contra ...[more]