leafkin—An R package for automated kinematic data analysis of monocot leaves
Growth is one of the most studied plant responses. At the cellular level, plant growth is driven by cell division and cell expansion. A means to quantify these two cellular processes is through kinematic analysis, a methodology that has been developed and perfected over the past decades, with in-dep...
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| description | Growth is one of the most studied plant responses. At the cellular level, plant growth is driven by cell division and cell expansion. A means to quantify these two cellular processes is through kinematic analysis, a methodology that has been developed and perfected over the past decades, with in-depth descriptions of the methodology available. Unfortunately, after performing the lab work, researchers are required to perform time-consuming, repetitive and error-prone calculations. To lower the barrier towards this final step in the analysis and to aid researchers currently applying this technique, we have created leafkin, an R-package to perform all the calculations involved in the kinematic analysis of monocot leaves using only four functions. These functions support leaf elongation rate calculations, fitting of cell length profiles, extraction of fitted cell lengths and execution of kinematic equations. With the leafkin package, kinematic analysis of monocot leaves becomes more accessible than before. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-08714e4595244d99a098694a4ceb82892023-03-09T12:43:32ZengCambridge University PressQuantitative Plant Biology2632-88282021-01-01110.1017/qpb.2020.3leafkin—An R package for automated kinematic data analysis of monocot leavesJonas Bertels0Gerrit T.S. Beemster1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6014-053XIntegrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research Group (IMPRES), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, BelgiumIntegrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research Group (IMPRES), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, BelgiumGrowth is one of the most studied plant responses. At the cellular level, plant growth is driven by cell division and cell expansion. A means to quantify these two cellular processes is through kinematic analysis, a methodology that has been developed and perfected over the past decades, with in-depth descriptions of the methodology available. Unfortunately, after performing the lab work, researchers are required to perform time-consuming, repetitive and error-prone calculations. To lower the barrier towards this final step in the analysis and to aid researchers currently applying this technique, we have created leafkin, an R-package to perform all the calculations involved in the kinematic analysis of monocot leaves using only four functions. These functions support leaf elongation rate calculations, fitting of cell length profiles, extraction of fitted cell lengths and execution of kinematic equations. With the leafkin package, kinematic analysis of monocot leaves becomes more accessible than before.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S263288282000003X/type/journal_articlecell divisioncell elongationelongation zonegrowth zonekinematic analysismeristemmonocotyledonous leafR |
| spellingShingle | Jonas Bertels Gerrit T.S. Beemster leafkin—An R package for automated kinematic data analysis of monocot leaves Quantitative Plant Biology cell division cell elongation elongation zone growth zone kinematic analysis meristem monocotyledonous leaf R |
| title | leafkin—An R package for automated kinematic data analysis of monocot leaves |
| title_full | leafkin—An R package for automated kinematic data analysis of monocot leaves |
| title_fullStr | leafkin—An R package for automated kinematic data analysis of monocot leaves |
| title_full_unstemmed | leafkin—An R package for automated kinematic data analysis of monocot leaves |
| title_short | leafkin—An R package for automated kinematic data analysis of monocot leaves |
| title_sort | leafkin an r package for automated kinematic data analysis of monocot leaves |
| topic | cell division cell elongation elongation zone growth zone kinematic analysis meristem monocotyledonous leaf R |
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