title: Compound leaf development in model plant species.
abstract: Plant leaves develop in accordance with a common basic program, which is flexibly adjusted to the species, developmental stage and environment. Two key stages of leaf development are morphogenesis and differentiation. In the case of compound leaves, the morphogenesis stage is prolonged as compared to simple leaves, allowing for the initiation of leaflets. Here, we review recent advances in the understanding of how plant hormones and transcriptional regulators modulate compound leaf development, yielding a substantial diversity of leaf forms, focusing on four model compound leaf organisms: cardamine (Cardamine hirsuta), tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), medicago (Medicago truncatula) and pea (Pisum sativum).
authors.affiliation: The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture and The Otto Warburg Minerva Center for Agricultural Biotechnology, Hebrew University, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
authors.forename: Maya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bar
authors.affiliation: The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture and The Otto Warburg Minerva Center for Agricultural Biotechnology, Hebrew University, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel. Electronic address: naomi.ori@mail.huji.ac.il.
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ori
mesh_terms: D019521:Body Patterning; D008954:Models, Biological; D009024:Morphogenesis; D063245:Plant Development; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000254:growth & development*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins