The specification of the vertebrate limb skeleton is a classical model to study pattern formation during development. Two different theories have been proposed to explain this process: the Turing mechanism and the Positional Information model. This thesis uses computational modeling to explores to which extent these two theories can be combined to explain digit patterning. The main result of this work is a computational model of digit patterning that suggests that a Turing mechanism modulated by Hox genes and Fgf-signaling underlies digit specification. By comparing simulations and experimental data we show that the Turing mechanism is implemented by Bmps, Sox9 and Wnts. The model shows that a combination of Positional Information an...
Biological forms occupy a constrained portion of theoretical morphospaces. Developmental models acco...
It is well known that simple reaction–diffusion systems can display very rich pattern formation beha...
A fundamental problem in biology is how structures form in the correct place in developing embryos. ...
The specification of the vertebrate limb skeleton is a classical model to study pattern formation du...
Aquesta tesi es centra en la identificació de les molècules de la xarxa de Turing que controla el pa...
A Turing mechanism implemented by BMP, SOX9 and WNT has been proposed to control mouse digit pattern...
Critical steps in forming the vertebrate limb include the positioning of digits and the positioning ...
Abstract The evolution of tetrapod limbs from paired fins has long been of interest to both evolutio...
The distal part of the tetrapod limb, the autopod, is characterized by the presence of digits. The d...
It has been suggested that the Turing reaction–diffusion model on a growing domain is applicable dur...
Abstract. The development of long bones requires a sophisticated spatial organization of cellular si...
In a very long and narrow tissue, there is only one direction diffusion can occur and this converts ...
Author contributions: Conceptualization: J.C.S., T.W.H.; Methodology: J.C.S., T.W.H.; Formal analysi...
In recent years, some attention has been directed towards the possibility that mechanical forces cou...
Segmentation of digits into individual bones, the so-called phalanges, connected to each other via s...
Biological forms occupy a constrained portion of theoretical morphospaces. Developmental models acco...
It is well known that simple reaction–diffusion systems can display very rich pattern formation beha...
A fundamental problem in biology is how structures form in the correct place in developing embryos. ...
The specification of the vertebrate limb skeleton is a classical model to study pattern formation du...
Aquesta tesi es centra en la identificació de les molècules de la xarxa de Turing que controla el pa...
A Turing mechanism implemented by BMP, SOX9 and WNT has been proposed to control mouse digit pattern...
Critical steps in forming the vertebrate limb include the positioning of digits and the positioning ...
Abstract The evolution of tetrapod limbs from paired fins has long been of interest to both evolutio...
The distal part of the tetrapod limb, the autopod, is characterized by the presence of digits. The d...
It has been suggested that the Turing reaction–diffusion model on a growing domain is applicable dur...
Abstract. The development of long bones requires a sophisticated spatial organization of cellular si...
In a very long and narrow tissue, there is only one direction diffusion can occur and this converts ...
Author contributions: Conceptualization: J.C.S., T.W.H.; Methodology: J.C.S., T.W.H.; Formal analysi...
In recent years, some attention has been directed towards the possibility that mechanical forces cou...
Segmentation of digits into individual bones, the so-called phalanges, connected to each other via s...
Biological forms occupy a constrained portion of theoretical morphospaces. Developmental models acco...
It is well known that simple reaction–diffusion systems can display very rich pattern formation beha...
A fundamental problem in biology is how structures form in the correct place in developing embryos. ...