Morphogenesis and Pattern Formation in Biological Systems: Experiments and Models [Paperback]

A central goal of current biology is to decode the mechanisms that underlie the processes of morphogenesis and pattern formation. Concerned with the analysis of those phenomena, this book covers a broad range of research fields, including developmental biology, molecular biology, plant morphogenesis, ecology, epidemiology, medicine, paleontology, evolutionary biology, mathematical biology, and computational biology. In Morphogenesis and Pattern Formation in Biological Systems: Experiments and Models, experimental and theoretical aspects of biology are integrated for the construction and investigation of models of complex processes. This collection of articles on the latest advances by leading researchers not only brings together work from a wide spectrum of disciplines, but also provides a stepping-stone to the creation of new areas of discovery.

Models for Morphogenesis and Pattern Formation.- Pattern Forming Reactions and the Generation of Primary Embryonic Axes.- Spatial Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis in Development: Recent Progress for Two Model Systems.- Alan Turing and The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis.- On the Stochastic Geometry of Growth.- The Moving Grid Finite Element Method Applied to Biological Problems.- Morphogenesis and Pattern Formation in Animals.- Regulation of Pattern Formation by the Interaction between Growth Factors and Proteoglycans.- Changing Roles of Homeotic Gene Functions in Arthropod Limb Development.- Variation, Adaptation and Developmental Constraints in the Mimetic Butterfly Papilio dardanus.- Formation of New Organizing Regions by Cooperation of hedgehog, wingless, and dpp in Regeneration of the Insect Leg; a Verification of the Boundary Model.- The Heterotopic Shift in Developmental Patterns and Evolution of the Jaw in Vertebrates.- Morphogenesis and Pattern Formation in Plants.- The Development of Cell Pattern in the Arabidopsis Root Epidermis.- Pattern Formation during Dicotyló#