A very important class of shell patterning is caused by pigment productions that occur only during a short time interval, followed by an inactive period without pigment production. Stripes parallel to the growing edge and oblique lines belong to this class of patterns. Such oscillations can occur if the antagonist reacts too slowly. Then, a change in activator concentration is not immediately backregulated since the antagonist reacts too slowly and the activation will proceed in a burst-like manner.
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Meinhardt, H. (2009). Oscillations and traveling waves. In: The Algorithmic Beauty of Sea Shells. The Virtual Laboratory. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92142-4_3
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