trichome patterning
The regionalization process of establishing the non-random spatial arrangement of trichomes on the surface and margin of a leaf. Process involves signaling between adjacent epidermal cells that results in differentiation of some epidermal cells into trichomes.
GO:0003002
regionalization
is_a
GO:0045168
cell-cell signaling involved in cell fate commitment
is_a
GO:0010026
trichome differentiation
part_of
trichome distribution
broad
trichome pattern biosynthesis
exact
trichome pattern formation
exact
trichome pattern specification
related
trichome spacing
exact