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Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2002 May 01;655 Pt 1:051913. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.051913.
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Turing patterns with pentagonal symmetry.

Aragón JL , Torres M , Gil D , Barrio RA , Maini PK .


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We explore numerically the formation of Turing patterns in a confined circular domain with small aspect ratio. Our results show that stable fivefold patterns are formed over a well defined range of disk sizes, offering a possible mechanism for inducing the fivefold symmetry observed in early development of regular echinoids. Using this pattern as a seed, more complex biological structures can be mimicked, such as the pigmentation pattern of sea urchins and the plate arrangements of the calyxes of primitive camerate crinoids.

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