How Romanesco cauliflower forms its spiraling fractals
By tweaking just three genes in a common lab plant, scientists have replicated the pattern
![Romanesco cauliflower](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/070721_NO_fractal_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Romanesco cauliflower (shown) exhibits one of nature’s most stunning fractal displays.
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