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What do plants use golden ratio for?

April 26, 2017Botany Golden Mathematics plants ratio

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What do plants use golden ratio for?

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the “golden ratio”~>http://www.mathsisfun.com/number… the “use” or the reason why the golden ratio occurs in plants and some shells it uses the least amount of cell structure to produce the most efficient reproduction (in plant seed heads) or protection (the shell of mollusc’s) http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sit… that it produces aesthetic looking plant parts and shells is the end result not the reason for it’s good looks http://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/search… an other example of a “mathematical ” use in nature is the cell shape of honey combs and brood chambers in insect’s~the maximum efficient use of material(the wax) and space .