Pattern Formation

Source-derived questions

Questions extracted from the papers in this topic, excluding the curated questions above.

• How can a graph-based model of auxin transport, with non-polar (undirected) membrane edges, still produce directional vein patterns in a leaf?
• How does coupling a Turing-like reaction-diffusion instability with longitudinal efflux of a regulatory molecule generate three-dimensional vascular bundle patterns in plant stems?
• In what sense does the steady-state behavior of this discrete auxin transport model satisfy Murray's Law for branching transport networks?
• What role does molecular noise play in helping cells establish coordinated PIN polarization across a tissue?
• Why can ordered, tissue-wide auxin transport patterns emerge without a pre-existing auxin concentration gradient?

Sources

• Auxin transport model for leaf venation
• Modeling the emergence of polarity patterns for the intercellular transport of auxin in plants
• Turing-like mechanism in a stochastic reaction-diffusion model recreates three dimensional vascular patterning of plant stems

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