Self-replicating patterns (SRP) have been observed in several chemical reaction models,
such as the Gray–Scott (GS) model, as well as in physical experiments. Watching these
experiments (computational and physical) is like watching the more familiar coarsening
processes but in reverse: the number of unit localized patterns increases until they fill the
domain completely. Self-replicating dynamics, then, can be regarded as a transient process
from a localized trigger to a stable stationery or oscillating Turing pattern. Since it is a …