Notes

Chapter 8: Implications for Everyday Systems


Section 7: Biological Pigmentation Patterns

Animal coloration Animals [with patterning] shown Collecting shells Cowries Examples [of reaction-diffusion] in chemistry Excitable media Features of the [patterning] model History [of shell patterns] Implementation [of patterning model] Maze-like patterns Origins of randomness [in animal patterning] Reaction-diffusion processes Scales of patterns [on animals] Shell patterns

From Stephen Wolfram: A New Kind of Science [citation]