Library Paper

The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis

Turing's 1952 paper proposing reaction–diffusion systems as the origin of biological pattern.

Type
Paper
Creator
Alan Turing
Year
1952
Subjects
Morphogenesis Form Dynamical Systems
Royal Society Publishing

Turing’s 1952 paper proposing that reaction–diffusion between chemical morphogens can generate the patterns of biological growth from an initially uniform state.