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From geometry and mechanics to plant growth and development

Publications and prepublications

Quiros, M., Bogeat-Triboulot, M. B., Couturier, E., & Kolb, E. Plant root growth against a mechanical obstacle: the early growth response of a maize root facing an axial resistance is consistent with the Lockhart model. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 19(193), 20220266.(doi: 10.1098/rsif.2022.0266)

2022

Couturier, E., Vella, D., & Boudaoud, A. Compression of a pressurized spherical shell by a spherical or flat probe. The European Physical Journal E, 45(2), 1-6 (doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2111.09710)

2022

Couturier E. Self-similar shapes under Errera division rule on the cone. arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.03135

2019

Davi V, Chevalier L, Guo H, Tanimoto H, Barrett K, Couturier E, Boudaoud A, and Minc N, Systematic mapping of cell wall mechanics in the regulation of cell morphogenesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 116(28):13833-13838

2019

Derr J, Bastien R, Couturier E, Douady S. Fluttering of Growing Leaves as a Way to Reach Flatness: Experimental Evidence on Persea americana. Interface.

2018

Davì, Valeria, et al. "Mechanosensation dynamically coordinates polar growth and cell wall assembly to promote cell survival." Developmental cell 45.2 2018: 170-182.(doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2018.03.022)

2018

Couturier E, Jacquet N. Construction of a universal ordinary differential equation C∞ of order 3. Bulletin des Sciences Mathématiques. (doi: 10.1016/j.bulsci.2017.06.002)

2017

Couturier E. Folded isometric deformations and banana-shaped seedpod. Proc. R. Soc. A (doi: 10.1098/rspa. 2015.0760)

2016

Abenza JF, Couturier E, Dodgson J, Dickmann J, Chessel A, Dumais J, Salas RE. Wall mechanics and exocytosis define the shape of growth domains in fission yeast. Nat Commun. (doi: 10.1038/ncomms9400)

2015

Robinson SJ, Burian A, Couturier E, Landrein B, Louveaux M, Neumann ED, Peaucelle A, Weber A, Nakayama N Mechanical control of morphogenesis at the shoot apex. Journal of Experimental Botany (doi:10.1093/jxb/ert199)

2013

Couturier E, Dumais J, Cerda E, Katifori E. Folding of a spherical shell. Soft Matter. (doi:10.1039/b803770c)

2013

Couturier E, Brunel N, Douady S, Nakayama N. Abaxial growth drives leaf folds and shape in Acer pseudoplatanus. American Journal of Botany. 99, 1289-1299. (doi: 10.3732/ajb.1100325.)

2012

Couturier E, Boyer F, Pouliquen O, Guazzelli E Suspensions in a tilted trough: second normal stress difference. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 686, 26-39 (doi: 10.1017/jfm.2011.315)

2011

Couturier E, Courrech-du-Pont S, Douady S.The filling law: a general framework for leaf folding and its consequences on leaf shape diversity. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 289, 47-64 (doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.08.020)

2011

Couturier E, Courrech du Pont S, Douady S. A Global Regulation Inducing the Shape of Growing Folded. Leaves. PLoS ONE 4 (11), e7968. (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007968)

2009

Perna A, Jost C, Couturier E, Valverde S, Douady S, Theraulaz G. The structure of gallery networks in the nests of termite Cubitermes sp. revealed by X-ray tomography. Naturwissenschaften. 95, 877-884, (doi:10.1007/s00114-008-0388-6

2008

Couturier E, Rocha EPC. Replication-associated gene dosage effects shape the genomes of fast-growing bacteria but only for transcription and translation genes. Molecular Microbiology 59 06-1518 (doi: 10.1111/j.1365- 2958.2006.05046.x)

2006

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