Periodic patterning represents a fundamental process in tissue morphogenesis. In chicken
dorsal skin, feather formation starts from the midline; then the morphogenetic wave …

Feathers are arranged in a precise pattern in avian skin. They first arise during development
in a row along the dorsal midline, with rows of new feather buds added sequentially in a …

Developing tissues can self-organize into a variety of patterned structures through the
stabilization of stochastic fluctuations in their molecular and cellular properties. While …

Sixty-five years after Turing first revealed the potential of systems with local activation and
long-range inhibition to generate pattern, we have only recently begun to identify the …

Periodic patterning requires coordinated cell–cell interactions at the tissue level. Turing
showed, using mathematical modeling, how spatial patterns could arise from the reactions of …

Branching morphogenesis is a general mechanism that increases the surface area of an
organ. In chicken feathers, the flat epithelial sheath at the base of the follicle is transformed …

Patterns describe order which emerges from homogeneity. Complex patterns on the
integument are striking because of their visibility throughout an organism's lifespan. Periodic …

How organs are shaped to specific forms is a fundamental issue in developmental biology.
To address this question, we used the repetitive, periodic pattern of feather morphogenesis …

During embryonic development many organs and structures require the formation of series
of repeating elements known as periodic patterns. Ranging from the digits of the limb to the …

The orderly formation of the avian feather array is a classic example of periodic pattern
formation during embryonic development. Various mathematical models have been …