- Synchronization:
- Examples: firefly, fireflies, heart pacemaker cells, cicada
- The Kuramoto model (Java Applet by Albert Diaz-Guilera) (Cactus Applet)
- Collective synchronization
- Biological Patterns:
- Morphogenesis is the process whereby a living organism develops form and structure, e.g.
- Where do spots come from? Turing's answer
- Turing, A. M. "The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis." Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 52, no. 1–2 (1990): 153–97
- Applet: 1-dimensional instability
- Reaction-Diffusion equations
- Constraints for a finite wave-length instability
- Long-range inhibition & short-range excitation
Some Related Links
Synchronization
Morphogenesis
- Visual Models of Morphogenesis
- Reaction Diffusion Equations and Animal Coat Patterns
- Morphological processes and reaction-diffusion systems
- Theoretical aspects of pattern formation and neuronal development (MPI Tübingen)
- Primary pattern formation, organizing regions and regeneration (MPI Tübingen)
- Modelling Pigmentation Patterns
- The Alan Turing Internet Scrapbook Growth, Form and Crisis