Cauliflowers or how the perseverance of a plant to make flowers produces an amazing fractal structure

Autor: Azpeitia, Eugenio, Parcy, François, Godin, Christophe
Jazyk: English<br />French
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Comptes Rendus Biologies, Vol 346, Iss G1, Pp 75-83 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1768-3238
DOI: 10.5802/crbiol.120
Popis: 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.
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