Modelling of auxin transport affected by gravity and differential radial growth

Loïc Forest1, Fernando Padilla, Salomé Martínez

  • 1Laboratoire Techniques de l'Imagerie, de la Modélisation et de la Cognition (TIMC UMR CNRS 5525), Institut d'Ingénierie de l'Information de Santé, Pavillon Taillefer, Faculté de Médecine, 38706 La Tronche cedex, France. loic.forest@imag.fr

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