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Several current reaction-diffusion mechanisms have been proposed as models for morphogenesis in the Turing (1952,Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 237, 37–72) sense. We introduce and exploit a quantity, we have termed heterogeneity, which allows us to elaborate the differences between the various models with regard to spatial pattern formation. It is shown that this quantity provides a concise view for the comparison of theoretical models with experimental observations. Two model mechanisms are treated explicitly both for linear and for biased diffusion.
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Berding, C. On the heterogeneity of reaction-diffusion generated pattern. Bltn Mathcal Biology 49, 233–252 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02459700
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