Insect have evolved diverse methods of predator avoidance, many of which implicate complex adaptations of their wings (e.g., Phylliidae, Nymphalidae, Notodontidae). Among these, angiosperm leaf ...

The leaves of legumes show a wide diversity of shapes, ranging from simple, pinnate and palmate compound leaves to higher-ordered complicated forms. The model legume Medicago truncatula provides a ...

Certain features of leaf development which were established some fifty years ago, should not be overlooked. These are primarily the basipetal and basifugal types of growth, which may be verified by ...