Cauliflowers or how the perseverance of a plant to make flowers produces an amazing fractal structure
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 modell...
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| author | Azpeitia, Eugenio Parcy, François Godin, Christophe |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-f1c7d1aa7ddb44b1a992c5a785bb01e12025-02-07T10:36:22ZengAcadémie des sciencesComptes Rendus Biologies1768-32382023-06-01346G1758310.5802/crbiol.12010.5802/crbiol.120Cauliflowers or how the perseverance of a plant to make flowers produces an amazing fractal structureAzpeitia, Eugenio0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7841-5933Parcy, François1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2191-500XGodin, Christophe2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1202-8460Centro de Ciencias Matemáticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, MéxicoLaboratoire Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, INRAE, IRIG-DBSCI-LPCV, F-38054 Grenoble, FranceLaboratoire de Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Univ. Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCB Lyon 1, CNRS, INRAE, Inria, F-69364 Lyon, FranceBiological 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.https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/biologies/articles/10.5802/crbiol.120/Biological fractalsPlant developmentMultiscale modellingCauliflower curdsFlowerMeristemsPlant shapes |
| spellingShingle | Azpeitia, Eugenio Parcy, François Godin, Christophe Cauliflowers or how the perseverance of a plant to make flowers produces an amazing fractal structure Comptes Rendus Biologies Biological fractals Plant development Multiscale modelling Cauliflower curds Flower Meristems Plant shapes |
| title | Cauliflowers or how the perseverance of a plant to make flowers produces an amazing fractal structure |
| title_full | Cauliflowers or how the perseverance of a plant to make flowers produces an amazing fractal structure |
| title_fullStr | Cauliflowers or how the perseverance of a plant to make flowers produces an amazing fractal structure |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cauliflowers or how the perseverance of a plant to make flowers produces an amazing fractal structure |
| title_short | Cauliflowers or how the perseverance of a plant to make flowers produces an amazing fractal structure |
| title_sort | cauliflowers or how the perseverance of a plant to make flowers produces an amazing fractal structure |
| topic | Biological fractals Plant development Multiscale modelling Cauliflower curds Flower Meristems Plant shapes |
| url | https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/biologies/articles/10.5802/crbiol.120/ |
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