A Physical Model For Forming Patterns In Pollen (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania

A Physical Model For Forming Patterns In Pollen

Caption

These are four sets of pollen grains (from top left to bottom right: Alisma lanceolatum, Galium wirtgenii, Gaillardia aristata, Gomphrena globosa), showing the scanning electron microscopy image alongside the simulation of the physical model for the same geometry.

Credit

PalDat.org (SEM images) and Asja Radja (simulations)

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