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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 21.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Dev Biol. 2009;53(5-6):813–826. doi: 10.1387/ijdb.072556cc

Fig. 7. A hypothetical model for snake pigmentation patterns.

Fig. 7

This is based on the cell-chemotaxis model proposed by Murray and co-workers (Maini et al., 1991; Murray and Myerscough, 1991). (A–E) The various patterns produced when different modes are isolated by suitable choice of model parameters, (F–H) Possible pigmentation patterns that may arise through variation of the differentiation threshold corresponding to (E). The diagrams were produced by plotting periodic functions taking wave numbers calculated in Maini et al. (1991) and Murray and Myerscough, (1991).