Nonlinear Sciences – Pattern Formation and Solitons
Scientific paper
2001-04-25
Nonlinear Sciences
Pattern Formation and Solitons
8 pages, 12 figures, Submitted to EPL
Scientific paper
10.1209/epl/i2001-00500-3
The replication and differentiation of spots in reaction diffusion equations are studied by extending the Gray-Scott model with self-replicating spots to include many degrees of freedom needed to model systems with many chemicals. By examining many possible reaction networks, the behavior of this model is categorized into three types: replication of homogeneous fixed spots, replication of oscillatory spots, and differentiation from `m ultipotent spots'. These multipotent spots either replicate or differentiate into other types of spots with different fixed-point dynamics, and as a result, an inhomogeneous pattern of spots is formed. This differentiation process of spots is analyzed in terms of the loss of chemical diversity and decrease of the local Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy. The relevance of the results to developmental cell biology and stem cells is also discussed.
Kaneko Kunihiko
Takagi Hiroaki
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