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Experimental and Theoretical Advances in Biological Pattern Formation

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. Hans G. Othmer

    1. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

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  2. Philip K. Maini

    1. University of Oxford, Oxford, England, UK

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  3. James D. Murray

    1. University of Washington, Seattle, USA

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series A: (NSSA, volume 259)

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. General Models of Pattern Formation: Some Uses, Problems and Successes

    • J. D. Murray
    Pages 1-9

  3. Process and Outcome: Evolutionary Analysis of Morphological Patterns

    • P. Alberch, M. J. Blanco
    Pages 11-20

  4. Retinoic Acid cannot be the Morphogen in Reaction-Diffusion Models for the Formation of the Chick Wing Bud

    • Yannis Almirantis, Spyros Papageorgiou
    Pages 21-28

  5. Pattern Formation in Heterogeneous Domains

    • Debbie L. Benson, Philip K. Maini, Jonathan A. Sherratt
    Pages 29-32

  6. A Field Model of Symmetry Reversals in the Pattern Regulation of a Cell

    • Wendy A. M. Brandts
    Pages 33-36

  7. Patterning in Limbs: The Resolution of Positional Confrontations

    • Susan V. Bryant, Terry F. Hayamizu, David M. Gardiner
    Pages 37-44

  8. The Development of a Spatial Pattern in a Model for Cancer Growth

    • Mark A. J. Chaplain
    Pages 45-59

  9. Sequential and Synchronous Skin Pattern Formation

    • Gerhard C. Cruywagen, P. K. Maini, J. D. Murray
    Pages 61-64

  10. Control of Gap Junction Permeability can Control Pattern Formation in Limb Development

    • R. Dillon, H. G. Othmer
    Pages 65-81

  11. Wave Patterns in One-Dimensional Nonlinear Degenerate Diffusion Equations

    • Faustino Sánchez-Garduño, Philip K. Maini
    Pages 83-86

  12. Mapping Gene Activities into Morphological Patterns in Drosophila

    • Brian Goodwin, Stuart Kauffman
    Pages 87-99

  13. Trajectories of Swimming Micro-Organisms and Continuum Models of Bioconvection

    • N. A. Hill
    Pages 101-103

  14. Testing the Theoretical Models for Limb Patterning

    • J. R. Hinchliffe, T. J. Horder
    Pages 105-119

  15. The Chicken and the Egg

    • T. J. Horder
    Pages 121-148

  16. Supercomputer Simulation of Turing Structures in Drosophila Morphogenesis

    • Axel Hunding
    Pages 149-159

  17. The Role of Hox Genes in Axis Specification

    • Paul Hunt, Robb Krumlauf
    Pages 161-181

  18. Looking at Early Development in Xenopus Laevis Using Nmr Micro-Imaging

    • Russell E. Jacobs, Scott E. Fraser
    Pages 183-190

  19. Mechanism of Local Chaos in Active Distributed Media

    • B. S. Kerner
    Pages 191-210

  20. Patterns Formed Through Cell-Cell Interactions: Spontaneous Selection of Dominant Directions

    • Leah Edelstein-Keshet
    Pages 211-221
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About this book

This volume contains the proceedings of the NATO ARW on 'Biological Pattern Formation' held at Merton College, University of Oxford, on 27-31 August, 1992. The objective of the workshop was to bring together a select group of theoreticians and experimental biologists to present the latest results in the area of biological pattern formation and to foster interactiqn across dis- plines. The workshop was divided into 5 main areas: (i) limb development, (ii) Dictyostelium discoideum, (iii) Drosophila, (iv) cell movement, (v) g- eral pattern formation. We thank all the participants for their contributions, enthusiasm, and willingness to collaborate. There was a genuine, open, and extremely fru- ful interaction between the experimentalists and theoreticians which made the workshop a success. We also thank The Welcome Trust for providing additional funding. The local organization fell mainly on Denise McKittrick and Beverley Bhaskhare at the Mathematical Institute, Oxford, and Jeanette Hudson and the staff of Merton College. We greatly appreciate their help and patience. We also thank Jonathan Sherratt, Wendy Brandts and Debbie Benson for helping out in the conference and for providing a happy welcome to parti- pants on a typically cold, wet and windy English summer day.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

    Hans G. Othmer

  • University of Oxford, Oxford, England, UK

    Philip K. Maini

  • University of Washington, Seattle, USA

    James D. Murray

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