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The author studies integral sequences \(x=(x_n)\) with the properties: (1) for every \(i\), \(x_n=i\) for infinitely many \(n\); let \(a(i,j)\) be the \(j\)-th index \(n\) for which \(x_n=i\), (2) if \(i+1=x_n\), then there exists \(m<n\) such that \(i=x_m\), (3) if \(h<i\) then for every \(j\) there is exactly one \(k\) such that \(a(i,j) < a(h,k) < a(i,j+1).\) Such sequences are called by the author fractal sequences and the associate arrays \(A=\{a(i,j)\}\) are called interspersions. The author investigates a self-similarity of such sequences and their relation to signature sequences and Beatty sequences.