Animated Lily Model (VIDEO)

Harvard University

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Mahadevan and Liang created an animated model to show how peripheral growth causes the developing petals to ruffle at the edges and curve outward, leading to blooming.

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Courtesy of L. Mahadevan, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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