Does the Fibonacci sequence and the golden rectangle appear in genetics? (as it is generally everywhere in nature)

Question: Does the Fibonacci sequence and the golden rectangle appear in genetics? (as it is generally everywhere in nature)

Asked by tpgovind to Chris, Kay, Kerstin, Lorna, Liv on 23 Mar 2010 in Categories: General.
- Chris Needham answered on 23 Mar 2010:
  
  I don’t know. I’ve not spotted it. However, read that it’s been found in a magnet in this weeks Nature.
  
  The golden ratio — an exact ‘magic’ number often claimed to be observed when taking ratios of distances in ancient and modern architecture, sculpture and painting — has been spotted in a magnetic compound. — Nature 18 March.
- Lorna Houlihan answered on 23 Mar 2010:
  
  That’s a really interesting question! They haven’t found anything yet – besides in a model organism used to study genetics – the fruitfly, the segmentation of their bodies matches the law of beauty: A fruit fly has two or three head segments (hardly visible), three thoracic segments (where the legs and wings are attached) and eight abdominal segments (with no legs), all of them Fibonacci numbers. That makes 13 segments in total, just another “number of life.” This is a finding by Nik Walter.
- Kerstin Zechner answered on 23 Mar 2010:
  
  I’m quite sure there is some way you could find the Fibonacci sequence in relation to DNA and it’s structure. However, I’ve never directly heard of any examples.
- Olivia Hibbitt answered on 23 Mar 2010:
  
  Hey tpgovind,
  
  I really have no idea!! You know what though, if it did there would be a Dan Brown book about it!
- Kay Penicud answered on 24 Mar 2010:
  
  Not that i know of!

Comments

modshamini commented on 25 Mar 2010:

That is such an awesome question. You should go find it – and then write to Dan Brown about it! 😀

Question: Does the Fibonacci sequence and the golden rectangle appear in genetics? (as it is generally everywhere in nature)