title: The theater management model of plant memory.
abstract: The existence of a memory in plants raises several fundamental questions. What might be the function of a plant memory? How might it work? Which molecular mechanisms might be responsible? Here, we sketch out the landscape of plant memory with particular reference to the concepts of functioning-dependent structures and competitive coherence. We illustrate how these concepts might be relevant with reference to the metaphor of a traveling, avant-garde theater company and we suggest how using a program that simulates competitive coherence might help answer some of the questions about plant memory.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Biology ; University of Rouen ; Aignan , France.
authors.forename: Vic
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Norris
authors.forename: Camille
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ripoll
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thellier
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D025461:Feedback, Physiological; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D008954:Models, Biological; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D014919:Wind
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins
keywords: calcium; cell wall; chromatin; cold shock; hyperstructure; phosphorylation; wind