Pattern identification and characterization reveal permutations of organs as a key genetically controlled property of post-meristematic phyllotaxis

Guédon Yann, Refahi Yassin, Besnard Fabrice, Farcot Etienne, Godin Christophe, Vernoux Teva. 2013. Pattern identification and characterization reveal permutations of organs as a key genetically controlled property of post-meristematic phyllotaxis. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 338 : 94-110.

Quartile : Q1, Sujet : MATHEMATICAL & COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY / Quartile : Q2, Sujet : BIOLOGY

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Thème(s) HCERES des revues (en SHS) : Economie-gestion; Psychologie-éthologie-ergonomie

Résumé : In vascular plants, the arrangement of organs around the stem generates geometric patterns called phyllotaxis. In the model plant, Arabidopsis thaliana, as in the majority of species, single organs are initiated successively at a divergence angle from the previous organ close to the canonical angle of 137.5°, producing a Fibonacci spiral. Given that little is known about the robustness of these geometric arrangements, we undertook to characterize phyllotaxis by measuring divergence angles between organs along the stems of wild-type and specific mutant plants with obvious defects in phyllotaxis. Sequences of measured divergence angles exhibit segments of non-canonical angles in both genotypes, albeit to a far greater extent in the mutant. We thus designed a pipeline of methods for analyzing these perturbations. The latent structure models used in this pipeline combine a non-observable model representing perturbation patterns (either a variable-order Markov chain or a combinatorial model) with von Mises distributions representing divergence angle uncertainty. We show that the segments of non-canonical angles in both wild-type and mutant plants can be explained by permutations in the order of insertion along the stem of two or three consecutive organs. The number of successive organs between two permutations reveals specific patterns that depend on the nature of the preceding permutation (2- or 3-permutation). We also highlight significant individual deviations from 137.5° in the level of baseline segments and a marked relationship between permutation of organs and defects in the elongation of the internodes between these organs. These results demonstrate that permutations are an intrinsic property of spiral phyllotaxis and that their occurrence is genetically regulated.

Classification Agris : F62 - Physiologie végétale - Croissance et développement

Champ stratégique Cirad : Axe 1 (2005-2013) - Intensification écologique

Auteurs et affiliations

• Guédon Yann, CIRAD-BIOS-UMR AGAP (FRA)
• Refahi Yassin, INRIA (FRA)
• Besnard Fabrice, UCLB (FRA)
• Farcot Etienne, INRIA (FRA)
• Godin Christophe, INRIA (FRA)
• Vernoux Teva, ENS Lyon (FRA)

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