The Turing, or reaction-diffusion (RD), model is one of the best-known theoretical models
used to explain self-regulated pattern formation in the developing animal embryo. Although …

Vertebrate pigment patterns are diverse and fascinating adult traits that allow animals to
recognize conspecifics, attract mates, and avoid predators. Pigment patterns in fish are …

Turing patterns are fundamental in biophysics, emerging from short-range activation and
long-range inhibition processes. However, their paradigm is based on diffusive transport …

Biological systems involving short-range activators and long-range inhibitors can generate
complex patterns. Reaction-diffusion models postulate that differences in signaling range …

Gonadotropins and their receptors' genes carry several single-nucleotide polymorphisms
resulting in endocrine genotypes modulating reproductive parameters, diseases, and …

The reaction–diffusion system is one of the most studied nonlinear mechanisms that
generate spatially periodic structures autonomous. On the basis of many mathematical …

Colour patterns are prominent features of many animals and have important functions in
communication, such as camouflage, kin recognition and mate choice. As targets for natural …

Self-organization is pervasive in development, from symmetry breaking in the early embryo
to tissue patterning and morphogenesis. For a few model systems, the underlying molecular …

Pigment patterns are useful for elucidating fundamental mechanisms of pattern formation
and how these mechanisms evolve. In zebrafish, several pigment cell classes interact to …

Systems biology seeks not only to discover the machinery of life but to understand how such
machinery is used for control, ie, for regulation that achieves or maintains a desired, useful …