Lateral inhibition models of developmental processes
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Lateral inhibition models of developmental processes
zbMATH Open document ID: 0651.92001
DOI: 10.1016/0025-5564(88)90070-3
author: George F. Oster
published in: Mathematical Biosciences
publication date: 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: Most mathematical models for embryological pattern formation depend on the phenomenon of local autocatalysis with lateral inhibition (LALI). While the underlying physical and chemical mechanisms hypothesized by the models may be quite different, they all predict very similar kinds of spatial patterns. Therefore, since the underlying mechanism cannot in general be deduced from the pattern itself, other criteria must be applied in evaluating the usefulness of pattern formation models. The author points out how LALI is implemented in neural, chemical, and mechanical models of development, and suggests some general properties of LALI models that may impose limitations on organ shapes in ontogeny and phylogeny.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 92B05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 92F05
zbMATH DE Number: 4062879
zbMATH Keywords: neural models
zbMATH Keywords: reaction-diffusion models
zbMATH Keywords: chemotactic models
zbMATH Keywords: mechanical models
zbMATH Keywords: morphogenesis
zbMATH Keywords: embryological pattern formation
zbMATH Keywords: local autocatalysis with lateral inhibition
zbMATH Keywords: pattern formation models
zbMATH Keywords: neural, chemical, and mechanical models of development
zbMATH Keywords: ontogeny
zbMATH Keywords: phylogeny
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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