- How can a graph-based model of auxin transport, with non-polar (undirected) membrane edges, still produce directional vein patterns in a leaf?
- In what sense does the steady-state behavior of this discrete auxin transport model satisfy Murray's Law for branching transport networks?
Pattern Formation
Turing systems and the physics of spontaneous patterning.
- Why can ordered, tissue-wide auxin transport patterns emerge without a pre-existing auxin concentration gradient?
- What role does molecular noise play in helping cells establish coordinated PIN polarization across a tissue?
- How does coupling a Turing-like reaction-diffusion instability with longitudinal efflux of a regulatory molecule generate three-dimensional vascular bundle patterns in plant stems?