Biological Patterns They are everywhere!
Different types The more patterns seen the more complex organisms can become
Organisms patterns From not complex (hydra) To more complex organisms (crayfish) and so on to more complex …..
Lower animals
Plants (Fibonacci #’s) The spiral of seeds within the sunflower The spiral of fruits within this pineapple
Even Humans
& sharing of patterns 9 + 2 configuration of flagella of bacteria & humans
ATP
And the non-living
The End Caterpillar- http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://biological-diversity.info/images/Articles/Squ_cuc2.JPG&imgrefurl=http://biological-diversity.info/pseudosphinx.htm&h=288&w=250&sz=22&hl=en&sig2=K18AH2A7UaTxnzHxr31-Xg&start=126&tbnid=vEp4ORt9YCq8JM:&tbnh=115&tbnw=100&ei=e1loRd3_A4ywauSj8fcB&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbiological%2Bpatterns%26start%3D120%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN Cactus - http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/870706/2/istockphoto_870706_cactus.jpg
Bibliography Fibonacci -http://library.thinkquest.org/27890/applications5.html First slide -http://polymer.bu.edu/ogaf/image/biofractals.jpg Radial symmetry -http://www.zo.utexas.edu/faculty/sjasper/images/32.4.jpg
Bibliography cont… Nautilus shell - http://www.bmyersphoto.com/BWXRAY/nautilus.jpg Nautilus shell math - http://www.stefanides.gr/images/nautilus.gif DNA - http://sbchem.sunysb.edu/msl/dna.gif Salivary amylase - http://www.ewart.org.uk/science/patterns/spit.gif
Bibliography 9 + 2 config. - http://afowler8.myweb.uga.edu/flagella.jpg Snowflakes - http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~yoh/cellular/images/snowflakes.jpg