The reaction-diffusion system: A mechanism for autonomous pattern formation in the animal skin

Genes to Cells

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 535-541

  Kondo, Shigeru ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FISH; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN CELL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SKIN; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMAL; BODY PATTERNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PIGMENTATION; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; ZEBRAFISH; ANIMALS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035998263     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2443.2002.00543.x     Document Type: Review

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