I think the usual idea is that during development, cell division patterns in the plant apical meristem [1] implement some Lindenmayer system [2]. I don't know

I think the usual idea is that during development, cell division patterns in the plant apical meristem [1] implement some Lindenmayer system [2]. I don't know if anyone has looked into genetic & molecular mechanisms whereby cell division could be regulated so as to implement an L-system in this way. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meristem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meristem [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-system ----- edit: lots of stuff here: http://algorithmicbotany.org/papers/ http://algorithmicbotany.org/papers/