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The Fractal Geometry of Bronchial Trees Differ by Strain in Mice
2020
Journal of applied physiology
Fractal biological structures are pervasive throughout the plant and animal kingdoms with the mammalian lung being a quintessential example. The lung airway and vascular trees are generated during embryogenesis from a small set of building codes similar to Turing mechanisms that create robust trees ideally suited to their functions. While the blood flow pattern generated by these fractal trees has been shown to be genetically determined, the geometry of the trees has not. We explored a newly
doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00838.2019
pmid:31917627
pmcid:PMC7052590
fatcat:cy3gptmmgnczlagtgqlfb5nvrm