Abstract

The evolution of spatial pattern is a central issue in developmental biology. Turing's ( Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B237, 37–72, 1952) chemical theory of morphogenesis is a seminal contribution. In this talk I give a personal and necessarily limited view of its impact on mathematical and developmental biology. I briefly describe some of the interesting mathematical aspects of Turing's reaction-diffusion mechanism and discuss some of the different models which Turing's vision inspired. The emphasis throughout is on the practical biological applications of the various theories.

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