Pattern formation by competition: a biological example
生物物理
2007-05-23 v1 统计力学
斑图形成与孤子
patt-sol
种群与进化
摘要
We present a simple model based on a reaction-diffusion equation to explain pattern formation in a multicellular bacterium (Streptomyces). We assume competition for resources as the basic mechanism that leads to pattern formation; in particular we are able to reproduce the spatial pattern formed by bacterial aerial mycelium in case of growth in minimal (low resources) and maximal (large resources) culture media.
引用
@article{arxiv.physics/9909012,
title = {Pattern formation by competition: a biological example},
author = {M. Bezzi and A. Ciliberto and A. Mengoni},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9909012},
year = {2007}
}
备注
10 pages, 6 figures (Postscript), to appear in Journal of biological Physics