Fractal geometry in mosaic organs: a new interpretation of mosaic pattern

摘要: Fractal geometries have been widely observed in nature. The formulation of mathematical treatments non-Euclidean geometry has generated models highly complex natural phenomena. In the field developmental biology, branching morphogenesis explained terms self-similar iterating rules that done much toward explaining branch patterns a range real tissue. solid viscera problem is more complicated because there no readily available marker parenchymal Mosaic pattern provides such marker. patches mosaic liver are shown to be fractal, indicating may arisen from process (i.e., creates an object which small areas representative of, although not necessarily identical to, whole object). This observation offers new analytical approach study biologic structure organogenesis.