Mathematics and biology: A Kantian view on the history of pattern formation theory

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 221, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 255-279

  Roth, Siegfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical oscillations; Dissipative structure; Lateral inhibition; Local activation; Spatial patterning; Turing pattern

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOREGULATION; BIOLOGY; BLASTOMERE; CHEMISTRY; CYBERNETICS; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; INTELLIGENCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL GENETICS; MATHEMATICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEA URCHIN; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84855238561     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: 1432041X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-011-0378-0     Document Type: Review

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