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Cauliflowers or how the perseverance of a plant to make flowers produces an amazing fractal structure
- Source :
- Comptes Rendus Biologies, Vol 346, Iss G1, Pp 75-83 (2023)
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- Académie des sciences, 2023.
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Abstract
- Biological organisms have an immense diversity of forms. Some of them exhibit conspicuous and fascinating fractal structures that present self-similar patterns at all scales. How such structures are produced by biological processes is intriguing. In a recent publication, we used a multi-scale modelling approach to understand how gene activity can produce macroscopic cauliflower curds. Our work provides a plausible explanation for the appearance of fractal-like structures in plants, linking gene activity with development.
Details
- Language :
- English, French
- ISSN :
- 17683238
- Volume :
- 346
- Issue :
- G1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Comptes Rendus Biologies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.f1c7d1aa7ddb44b1a992c5a785bb01e1
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5802/crbiol.120