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Published July 1, 1980 | public
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Scale-invariance in reaction-diffusion models of spatial pattern formation

Abstract

We propose a reaction-diffusion model of spatial pattern formation whose solutions can exhibit scale-invariance over any desired range for suitable choices of parameters in the model. The model does not invoke preset polarity or any other ad hoc distinction between cells and provides a solution to the French flag problem without sources at the boundary. Furthermore, patterns other than the polar pattern that usually arises first in a growing one-dimensional system described by Turing's model can be obtained. Evidence is given that suggests that the model may apply in the slug stage of Dictyostelium discoideum.

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© 1980 by the National Academy of Sciences. Communicated by John Ross, April 2, 1980. This research was partially supported by Grant GM21558 from the National Institutes of Health. The publication costs of this article were defrayed in part by page charge payment. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. §1734 solely to indicate this fact.

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