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Self-assembly of Complex Two-dimensional Shapes from Single-stranded DNA Tiles
Published on: May 8, 2015
Discussion on microcosmic derivation of biological golden section phenomena from DNA geometric structure and snow
Zhao-Xue Chen1, Zhi-Zhen Wang, Ying Sun
1College of Medical Instrumentation & Foodstuff, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China. chenzhaoxue@163.com
Abstract:
As a mysterious and most universal mathematical constant, the ratio of golden section exists in biological organism widely either from microstructure to macrostructure or from anatomical structure to functional features, and the DNA is the most universal germ plasm throughout all life world. In this paper, by analyzing the DNA microstructure and generating process of snow flowers, such a fact is disclosed that biological golden section phenomena derives from the DNA structure at the molecular layer based on the complex nonlinear interaction with the inner environments.
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