Turing's theory of morphogenesis of 1952 and the subsequent discovery of the crucial role of local self enhancement and long-range inhibition

Interface Focus

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 407-416

  Meinhardt, Hans ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activator inhibitor systems; Morphogenesis; Pattern formation; Turing's theory; Wnt pathway

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862703401     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2011.0097     Document Type: Review

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