Growing Shoot (1 of 3) (IMAGE)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Growing Shoot (1 of 3)

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The movies show the growing shoot for different values of the sensitivity parameter S, and the elasticity parameter E. The green color corresponds to the young, soft shoot while the brown color corresponds to the older stiffer shoot.

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L. Mahadevan/Harvard SEAS

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