Surface curvature both emerges from, and influences the behavior of, living objects at length
scales ranging from cell membranes to single cells to tissues and organs. The relevance of …

Mechanical signals play many roles in cell and developmental biology. Several
mechanotransduction pathways have been uncovered, but the mechanisms identified so far …

During growth and morphogenesis, plant cells respond to mechanical stresses resulting
from spatiotemporal changes in the cell wall that bear high internal turgor pressure …

Positional information is a central concept in developmental biology. In developing organs,
positional information can be idealized as a local coordinate system that arises from …

Growth is central to plant morphogenesis. Plant cells are encased in rigid cell walls, and
they must overcome physical confinement to grow to specific sizes and shapes. Cell wall …

Plant cells are surrounded by highly dynamic cell walls that play important roles regulating
aspects of plant development. Recent advances in visualization and measurement of cell …

Ploidy and size phenomena are observed to be correlated across several biological scales,
from subcellular to organismal. Two kinds of ploidy change can affect plants. Whole-genome …

Mechanical forces control development in plants and animals, acting as cues in pattern
formation and as the driving force of morphogenesis. In mammalian cells, molecular …

How cell wall elasticity, plasticity, and time‐dependent extension (creep) relate to one
another, to plant cell wall structure and to cell growth remain unsettled topics. To examine …

How do genes modify cellular growth to create morphological diversity? We study this
problem in two related plants with differently shaped leaves: Arabidopsis thaliana (simple …