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The Physical Basis of Morphogenesis
Author(s) -
Dorobantu I. A.,
Visinescu M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
fortschritte der physik/progress of physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.469
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1521-3978
pISSN - 0015-8208
DOI - 10.1002/prop.2190371104
Subject(s) - morphogenesis , turing , basis (linear algebra) , field (mathematics) , computer science , calculus (dental) , mathematics , biology , geometry , pure mathematics , medicine , dentistry , biochemistry , gene , programming language
A general review is presented of some of the approaches to the general problem of morphogenesis which originate either directly or indirectly in the work of Turing. The main points are the stability analysis of the Gierer‐Meinhardt equations and the discussion on the applicability to biological systems of the concepts and techniques of field theory.