The effect of the signalling scheme on the robustness of pattern formation in development

Interface Focus

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 465-486

  Kang, Hye Won ^a   Zheng, Likun ^a   Othmer, Hans G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pattern formation; Robustness; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862693764     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2011.0116     Document Type: Article

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