Publications

Plant morphogenesis: What drives growth?

Current Biology, Volume 35, Issue 8, 21 April 2025, Pages R283-R285

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.02.049

Questions and Answers on being a scientist with Enrico Coen

Current Biology 33, R1037, October 23, 2023

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.09.026

Engaging new audiences with imaging and microscopy

Development (2021) 148, dev199942

https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.199942

Developmental Twists

https://journals.biologists.com/collection/8972/Developmental-Twists

Cells to Civilizations

Princeton University Press 2012

ISBN:9780691149677 

Way to Grow

New Scientist (2003), p44-47

Developmental timing in plants

Enrico Coen and Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz (2024), Nature Communications, 15:2674

DOI:10.1038/s41467-024-46941-1

Interaction between autonomous and microtubule guidance systems controls cellulose synthase trajectories

Chan & Coen (2020) Current Biology. 30: 941-947

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.12.066

Evolution of carnivorous traps from planar leaves through simple shifts in gene expression

Whitewoods, Goncalves, Cheng et al (2020) Science. 367: 91-96

DOI: 10.1126/science.aay5433

Shaping of a three-dimensional carnivorous trap through modulation of a planar growth mechanism

Lee, Bushell, Koide et al (2019) PLoS Biol. 17 (10): e300042

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000427

On genes and form

Coen, Kennaway and Whitewoods (2017) Development 144, 4203-4213

https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.151910

Evolution of flower color pattern through selection on regulatory small RNAs

Bradley et al (2017) Science 358, 925-928

10.1126/science.aao3526

Formation and shaping of the Antirrhinum flower through modulation of the CUP boundary gene

Rebocho et al (2017) Current Biology 27, 2610-2622

10.1016/j.cub.2017.07.064

Growth and development of three-dimensional plant form

Whitewoods and Coen (2017) Current Biology 27, R910-R918

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.079

Macro optical projection tomography for large scale 3D imaging of plant structures and gene activity

Lee et al. (2017) Journal of Experimental Botany Vol. 68 No. 3 pp.527-538

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.079

Generation of shape complexity through tissue conflict resolution

Rebocho et al. eLife 2017; 6:e20156

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.20156

Ectopic KNOX expression affects plant development by altering tissue cell polarity and identity

Richardson et al. (2016) Plant Cell 28: 2079-2096

https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.16.00284

Resolving conflicts: modelling genetic control of plant morphogenesis

Coen and Rebocho (2016) Developmental Cell 38, 579-583

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2016.09.006

Fruit shape diversity in the Brassicaceae is generated by varying patterns of anisotropy

Eldridge et al. Development (2016) 143, 3394-3406

https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.135327

Formation of polarity convergences underlying shoot outgrowths

Abley et al.  eLife 2016; 5: e18165

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.18165

JAGGED controls Arabidopsis petal growth by shape and interacting with a divergent polarity field

Sauret-Gueto et al. April 30, 2013

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001550

An intracellular positioning-based framework for tissue cell polarity in plants and animals

Abley et al. (2013) Development 140 (10): 2061-2074

https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.062984

Generation of leaf shape through early patterns of growth and tissue polarity

Kuchen, Fox et al. (2012) Science, Vol 335, 1092-1096

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1214678

Generation of spatial patterns through cell polarity switching

Robinson et al. (2011) Science, Vol 333, Issue 6048, 1436-1440

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1202185

Genetic control of organ shape and tissue polarity

Green et al. (2010) PLoS Biol, November 9, 2010

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000537

Quantitative control of organ shape by combinatorial gene activity

Cui et al. (2010) PLoS Biology, November 9

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000538

Cryptic variation between species and the basis of hybrid performance

Rosas et al. (2010) PLoS Biology, July 20

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000429

Regulatory genes control a key morphological and ecological trait transferred between species

Kim et al. (2008) Science, 14 Nov, Vol 322, Issue 5904, 1116-1119

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1164371

Visualizing plant development and gene expression in three dimensions using Optical Projection Tomography

Lee et al. (2006) Plant Cell, Sep; 18(9):2145-2156

https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.106.043042

Evolution and development of inflorescence architecture

Prusinkiewicz et al. (2007) 8 Jun, Vol 316, Issue 5830, 1452-1456

10.1126/science.1140429

Evolutionary paths underlying flower color variation in Antirrhinum

Whibley et al. (2006) 18 Aug, Vol 313, Issue 5789, 963-966

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1129161

Evolution through genetically controlled allometry space

Langlade et al. (2005) PNAS, 102 (29) 10221-10226

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0504210102

Floral asymmetry involves an interplay between TCP and MYB transcription factors in Antirrhinum

Corley et al. (2005) PNAS, March 24, 102 (14) 5068-5073

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0501340102

A temporal and morphological framework for flower development in Antirrhinum majus

Vincent and Coen (2004) Canadian Journal of Botany. Volume 82, Number 5

https://doi.org/10.1139/b04-042

The genetics of geometry

Coen et al. (2004) PNAS, February 11, 101 (14) 4728-4735

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0306308101

Growth dynamics underlying petal shape

Rolland-Lagan et al (2003) Nature, 422, 161-163

https://doi.org/10.1038/nature01443

Genetic control of surface curvature

Nath et al. (2003) Science, 28 Feb, Vol 299, Issue 5611, 1404-1407

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1079354

Control of organ asymmetry in flowers of Antirrhinum

Luo et al. (1999) Cell, Volume 99, Issue 4, 367-376, November 12

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81523-8

Epigenetics of natural variation in floral symmetry

Cubas et al. (1999) Nature 401, 157-161, 9 September

https://doi.org/10.1038/43657

Inflorescence commitment and architecture in Arabidopsis

Bradley et al. (1997) Science, 3 Jan, Vol 275, Issue 5296, 80-83

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.275.5296.80

Floral symmetry

Enrico Coen (1996) EMBO Journal, 15: 6777-6788

https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb01069.x

Origin of floral asymmetry in Antirrhinum

Luo et al. (1996) Nature, 383, 794-799

https://doi.org/10.1038/383794a0

Control of inflorescence architecture in Antirrhinum

Bradley et al. (1996) Nature, 379, 791-797

https://doi.org/10.1038/379791a0