Chemotaxis coupled with delayed differential adhesion response yields optimal sorting in presence of noise.

<p>(<b>a</b>) Fractional noise in the morphogen gradient for different values of . (Inset) Representative traces of morphogen concentration, , along for different values of . (<b>b</b>) Bar graphs of fraction of correct and stable sorting, (blue) and (red), respectively, for different values of at = 0.75 and = 0.25. 10 runs were performed for each value of . (<b>c</b>) Bar graphs of fraction of correct and stable sorting, (blue) and (red), respectively, for different values of <i>j</i>at = 0.25 and <i>η</i> = 10. 10 runs were performed for each value of . (<b>d</b>) Bar graphs of fraction of correct and stable sorting, (blue) and (red) respectively, for different values of at = 0.75 and = 0 for the first 500 MCS, followed by = 0.75 and = 1.5 for the subsequent 2000 MCS. 10 runs were performed for each value of . (<b>e</b>) Illustration for the chemotaxis coupled with delayed differential adhesion response model.