Evidence of Fractality in a Pattern of Crystallization of Bovine Cervical Mucus Obtained at Oestrus

Fractality has emerged as a feature of the organization of some complex natural systems. Several biological secretions show fractal-like patterns for their crystallization phenomena but their presence in crystallizations of bovine cervical mucus (BCM) is yet unknown. In order to assess the fractalit...

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Autores principales:	Cortés,Manuel E, Hauyón,Roberto, González,Fernando, Vigil,Pilar
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2012
Materias:	Bovine cervical mucus Cervical mucus crystallization Fractal dimension Fractality Oestrus
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-950220120004000312013-06-20Evidence of Fractality in a Pattern of Crystallization of Bovine Cervical Mucus Obtained at OestrusCortés,Manuel EHauyón,RobertoGonzález,FernandoVigil,Pilar Bovine cervical mucus Cervical mucus crystallization Fractal dimension Fractality Oestrus Fractality has emerged as a feature of the organization of some complex natural systems. Several biological secretions show fractal-like patterns for their crystallization phenomena but their presence in crystallizations of bovine cervical mucus (BCM) is yet unknown. In order to assess the fractality of BCM crystallization, samples of this fluid were taken from heifers at oestrus, their crystalline patterns photographed and its morphology analyzed. Among the many images obtained for BCM crystallizations, one of them had a highly symmetrical geometric arrangement, possessing three zones characterized by pine-like, arboriform structures, evidencing a remarkable similarity between them. Moreover, fractal dimensions obtained for these zones were statistically equal when analyzed by using specialized software. In summary, this brief communication shows, for the first time, that a pattern of crystallization of BCM at oestrus possesses a fractal-like organization.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de AnatomíaInternational Journal of Morphology v.30 n.4 20122012-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022012000400031en10.4067/S0717-95022012000400031
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topic	Bovine cervical mucus Cervical mucus crystallization Fractal dimension Fractality Oestrus
spellingShingle	Bovine cervical mucus Cervical mucus crystallization Fractal dimension Fractality Oestrus Cortés,Manuel E Hauyón,Roberto González,Fernando Vigil,Pilar Evidence of Fractality in a Pattern of Crystallization of Bovine Cervical Mucus Obtained at Oestrus
description	Fractality has emerged as a feature of the organization of some complex natural systems. Several biological secretions show fractal-like patterns for their crystallization phenomena but their presence in crystallizations of bovine cervical mucus (BCM) is yet unknown. In order to assess the fractality of BCM crystallization, samples of this fluid were taken from heifers at oestrus, their crystalline patterns photographed and its morphology analyzed. Among the many images obtained for BCM crystallizations, one of them had a highly symmetrical geometric arrangement, possessing three zones characterized by pine-like, arboriform structures, evidencing a remarkable similarity between them. Moreover, fractal dimensions obtained for these zones were statistically equal when analyzed by using specialized software. In summary, this brief communication shows, for the first time, that a pattern of crystallization of BCM at oestrus possesses a fractal-like organization.
author	Cortés,Manuel E Hauyón,Roberto González,Fernando Vigil,Pilar
author_facet	Cortés,Manuel E Hauyón,Roberto González,Fernando Vigil,Pilar
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title	Evidence of Fractality in a Pattern of Crystallization of Bovine Cervical Mucus Obtained at Oestrus
title_short	Evidence of Fractality in a Pattern of Crystallization of Bovine Cervical Mucus Obtained at Oestrus
title_full	Evidence of Fractality in a Pattern of Crystallization of Bovine Cervical Mucus Obtained at Oestrus
title_fullStr	Evidence of Fractality in a Pattern of Crystallization of Bovine Cervical Mucus Obtained at Oestrus
title_full_unstemmed	Evidence of Fractality in a Pattern of Crystallization of Bovine Cervical Mucus Obtained at Oestrus
title_sort	evidence of fractality in a pattern of crystallization of bovine cervical mucus obtained at oestrus
publisher	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
publishDate	2012
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022012000400031
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Evidence of Fractality in a Pattern of Crystallization of Bovine Cervical Mucus Obtained at Oestrus

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