A central goal of current biology is to decode the mechanisms that underlie the processes of morphogenesis and pattern formation. Concerned with the analysis of those phenomena, this book covers a broad range of research fields, including developmental biology, molecular biology, plant morphogenesis, ecology, epidemiology, medicine, paleontology, evolutionary biology, mathematical biology, and computational biology. In Morphogenesis and Pattern Formation in Biological Systems: Experiments and Models, experimental and theoretical aspects of biology are integrated for the construction and investigation of models of complex processes. This collection of articles on the latest advances by leading researchers not only brings together work from a wide spectrum of disciplines, but also provides a stepping-stone to the creation of new areas of discovery.
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Models for Morphogenesis and Pattern Formation. - Pattern Forming Reactions and the Generation of Primary Embryonic Axes. - Spatial Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis in Development: Recent Progress for Two Model Systems. - Alan Turing and The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis . - On the Stochastic Geometry of Growth. - The Moving Grid Finite Element Method Applied to Biological Problems. - Morphogenesis and Pattern Formation in Animals. - Regulation of Pattern Formation by the Interaction between Growth Factors and Proteoglycans. - Changing Roles of Homeotic Gene Functions in Arthropod Limb Development. - Variation, Adaptation and Developmental Constraints in the Mimetic Butterfly Papilio dardanus. - Formation of New Organizing Regions by Cooperation of hedgehog, wingless, and dpp in Regeneration of the Insect Leg; a Verification of the Boundary Model. - The Heterotopic Shift in Developmental Patterns and Evolution of the Jaw in Vertebrates. - Morphogenesis and Pattern Formation in Plants. - The Development of Cell Pattern in the Arabidopsis Root Epidermis. - Pattern Formation during Dicotyledonous Plant Embryogenesis. - Regulation of Inflorescence Architecture and Organ Shape by the ERECTA Gene in Arabidopsis. - Axis-dependent Regulation of Lateral Organ Development in Plants. - Formation of a Symmetric Flat Leaf Lamina in Arabidopsis. - Morphogenesis and Pattern Formation Viewed from the Behaviour of Individual Cells. - Pattern Formation by Cell Movement in Closely-Packed Tissues. - Positioning of Cells at their Intrinsic Sites in Multicellular Organisms. - Spatial Pattern and Structure Formation in Ecological Systems. - Biological Invasion into Periodically Fragmented Environments: A Diffusion-Reaction Model. - Spatial Pattern Formation in Plant Communities. - The Mode of Competitionand Spatial Pattern Formation in Plant Communities. - Formation of a Structure of Exponentially Forking Branches with a Steady-state Amount of Current-year Shoots in a Hardwood Tree Crown. - Spatio-Temporal Pattern Formation in Epidemiology. - Patterns in Epidemiology of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Human Populations. - Backward Bifurcation in a Model for Vector Transmitted Disease. - Morphogenesis and Pattern Formation in Medicine. - Mathematical Modelling of Solid Tumour Growth: Applications of Pre-pattern Formation. - The Formation of Branching Systems in Human Organs. - Computer Simulation on Morphogenesis of Colonic Neoplasia. - The Effects of Cell Adhesion on Solid Tumour Geometry. - Diversity of Biological Patterns in the Fossil Record and Their Meaning in Morphological Evolution. - Pattern Formation and Function in Palaeobiology. - Why do Univalve Shells of Gastropods Coil so Tightly? A Head-Foot Guidance Model of Shell Growth and its Implication on Developmental Constraints. - Computer Modeling of Microscopic Features of Molluscan Shells. - How Anomalocaris Swam in the Cambrian Sea; A Theoretical Study Based on Hydrodynamics. - Morphology and Function of Cuticular Terraces in Stomatopoda (Crustacea) and Mantodea (Insecta).
