Tsonis A A, Elsner J B, Tsonis P A
Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 53202.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1989 Jul;86(13):4938-42. doi: 10.1073/pnas.86.13.4938.
Ideas from the theory of dynamical systems are applied in biological pattern formation. By considering a simple reaction-diffusion model subjected to an external excitation, we find that the system can give rise to a great variety of periodic, quasiperiodic, and chaotic evolutions.