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Pigment Cell Pattern Formation.
| Title: | Pigment Cell Pattern Formation. |
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| Authors: | Bellomo, Nicola, Deutsch, Andreas, Dormann, Sabine |
| Source: | Cellular Automaton Modeling of Biological Pattern Formation; 2005, p173-183, 11p |
| Abstract: | A LGCA model for pigment cell pattern formation has been introduced in this chapter. Simulations provide hypotheses for stripe pattern formation in larval salamanders. An important motivation for using a CA model has been that it is feasible to analyze certain special cases analytically by restriction to approximative results (e.g., the mean-field assumption). It should be possible, e.g., to determine critical parameters along the lines of the analysis presented in preceding sections (7.2 and 8.2). In conclusion, the CA model based on the effects of adhesion and contact guidance for pattern formation can serve as a basic framework for future research focusing on the interplay of the influences of genetics, evolution, and development (cp. also the discussion in sec. 12.6). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/0-8176-4415-6_9 |
| Database: | Supplemental Index |
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