A simple probabilistic model of submicroscopic diatom morphogenesis

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 83, 2013, Pages

  Willis, L ^a   Cox, E J ^b   Duke, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON CENTRE FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diatom morphogenesis; Nonlinear stochastic model; Pattern formation

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; MORPHOLOGY; REACTION KINETICS;

DIATOM MORPHOGENESIS; EXTENDED VERSIONS; INTRACELLULAR PROCESS; LATERAL INHIBITION; MEAN-FIELD EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR STOCHASTIC MODEL; PATTERN FORMATION; PROBABILISTIC MODELS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOPLASM; DAUGHTER CELL; DIATOM; EXOSKELETON; IN VITRO STUDY; MITOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NANOPORE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRECIPITATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL WALL; DIATOMS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS;

EID: 84877307684     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0067     Document Type: Article

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