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. 2013 Dec 20;8(12):e82617. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082617

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A: Increasing diffusion by changing results in bigger morphogen patches. B–C: An increase of coupling between tissue curvature and morphogen expression via (B) results in more but still equally sized patches. In all simulations red and blue color depict high and low morphogen levels, respectively.

Inline graphic — A: Increasing diffusion by changing results in bigger morphogen patches. B–C: An increase of coupling between tissue curvature and morphogen expression via (B) results in more but still equally sized patches. In all simulations red and blue color depict high and low morphogen levels, respectively.