Colour patterns: Predicting patterns without knowing the details.
| Autor: | Saunders TE; Division of Biomedical Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK; Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Electronic address: timothy.saunders@warwick.ac.uk., Monteiro A; Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Current biology : CB [Curr Biol] 2022 Dec 05; Vol. 32 (23), pp. R1306-R1308. |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cub.2022.10.042 |
| Abstrakt: | A bewildering array of colour patterns occurs across animals. New work studying five lizard species reveals that reaction-diffusion models can be remarkably predictive of future adult skin patterning, even though molecular details are unknown. This has implications for understanding how complex patterns evolve. Competing Interests: Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests. (Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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