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. 2022 Dec 5;32(23):R1306-R1308.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.10.042.

Colour patterns: Predicting patterns without knowing the details

Timothy E Saunders  1 , Antónia Monteiro  2
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Colour patterns: Predicting patterns without knowing the details

Timothy E Saunders et al. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

A bewildering array of colour patterns occurs across animals. New work studying five lizard species reveals that reaction-diffusion models can be remarkably predictive of future adult skin patterning, even though molecular details are unknown. This has implications for understanding how complex patterns evolve.

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