Marco Saltini

Supergene control of chiral development in mirror-image flowers

The paper identifies a supergene controlling floral handedness in butterfly lilies, explaining how genetic factors influence left-right organ placement for cross-pollination.

Selective contexts favouring asymmetry: a theoretical and empirical study of pollen transfer in mirror-image flowers

This study examines how floral asymmetry affects pollen transfer and mating outcomes, finding that dimorphic enantiostyly enhances outcrossing but increases stochasticity in pollen transfer.

Microtubule-based nucleation results in a large sensitivity to cell geometry of the plant cortical array

The paper demonstrates that microtubule-based nucleation increases sensitivity to cell geometry in plant cortical arrays, leading to preferred transverse alignment in cylindrical cells.

Style deflection is determined by the handedness of phyllotaxis and auxin-induced differential cell elongation in a species with mirror-image flowers

This study identifies that floral handedness in Cyanella alba is determined by phyllotactic spiral direction and auxin-induced differential cell elongation, not genetics.

Protoxylem microtubule patterning requires ROP pattern co-alignment, realistic microtubule-based nucleation, and sufficient microtubule flexibility.

This study identifies the requirements for protoxylem microtubule band formation using simulations, showing that flexibility, ROP co-alignment, and microtubule-based nucleation are essential.