Persistent homology demarcates a leaf morphospace
M. Li, H. An, R. Angelovici, C. Bagaza, A. Batushansky, L. Clark, V. Coneva, M. Donoghue, E. Edwards, D. Fajardo, H. Fang, M. Frank, T. Gallaher, S. Gebken, T. Hill, , D. H. Chitwood
This paper uses persistent homology to analyze leaf shapes from 182,707 leaves across 141 plant families, revealing phylogenetic and geographic differences in leaf morphology.
bioRxiv · Jun 20, 2017Plant Biology