A Physicochemical Theory of Tip Growth

Presents the latest in Tip growth and its relationship to nonliving matter

Pierre Pelce (Author)

9781785483165, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 15 November 2019

482 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.9 cm, 0.41 kg

A Physicochemical Theory of Tip Growth presents the latest information on experimental observations on living organisms, including unicellular algae, hyphae and neurons. These theories are analogous to the ones developed for the growth of nonliving matter, as already exposed by the author in the book.

1. Introduction 2. Constituents 3. Simple laws 4. Instabilities 5. Geometric models 6. Apical growth 7. The neuronal tree 8. Epilogue

Subject Areas: Botany & plant sciences [PST], Biochemistry [PSB]