On the dynamics of a forced reaction-diffusion model for biological pattern formation

  1. A A Tsonis,
  2. J B Elsner, and
  3. P A Tsonis
  1. Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 53202.

Abstract

Ideas from the theory of dynamical systems are applied in biological pattern formation. By considering a simple reaction-diffusion model subjected to an external excitation, we find that the system can give rise to a great variety of periodic, quasiperiodic, and chaotic evolutions.

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  1. PNAS 1989-07 vol. 86 no. 13 4938-4942
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