How the dragon got its 'snap'

Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 10:10 in Physics & Chemistry

'How do hearts, wings or flowers get their shape?' asks Professor Enrico Coen from the John Innes Centre. ' Unlike man-made things like mobile phones or cars, there is no external hand or machine guiding the formation of these biological structures; they grow into particular shapes of their own accord.'...

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