Embryonic development is a largely self-organizing process, in which the adult body plan
arises from a ball of cells with initially nearly equal potency. The reaction-diffusion theory first …

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 …

We present a classification of developmental mechanisms that have been shown
experimentally to generate pattern and form in metazoan organisms. We propose that all …

Spontaneous pattern formation in reaction–diffusion systems on a spatially homogeneous
domain has been well studied. However, in embryonic development and elsewhere, pattern …

Recent examples of biological pattern formation where a pattern changes qualitatively as
the underlying domain grows have given rise to renewed interest in the reaction-diffusion …

Understanding the mechanisms governing and regulating self-organisation in the
developing embryo is a key challenge that has puzzled and fascinated scientists for …

One of the central issues in developmental biology is the formation of spatial pattern in the
embryo. A number of theories have been proposed to account for this phenomenon. The …

The origin of biological morphology and form is one of the deepest problems in science,
underlying our understanding of development and the functioning of living systems. In 1952 …

One of the main aims of developmental biology is to understand how a single and
apparently homogeneous egg cell achieves the intricate complexity of the adult. Here we …

How periodic patterns are generated is an open question. A number of mechanisms have
been proposed–most famously, Turing's reaction-diffusion model. However, many …