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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Invest Dermatol. 2014 Mar 11;134(8):2086–2096. doi: 10.1038/jid.2014.139

Table 2.

A table of parameter values used in the calculation of numerical solutions. L represents interfollicular distance and d days.

Parameter Description Unit Value

a Natural decay rate d−1 0.015
b Inhibition rate d−1 0.015
c Activation rate d−1 0.015
d Natural decay rate d−1 0.015
α1 Production rate d−1 0.014
α2 Production rate d−1 0.02
I Background activator production rate d−1 0.015
J Background inhibitor production rate d−1 0.017
ν0 Activator threshold Nondim 0.00
ν1 Activator threshold Nondim 0.65
ε Time scale separation constant Nondim 0.0005
Γ Noise strength d−1 1.2e−5
DA Diffusion coefficient L2d−1 0.0004
N Lattice dimension Nondim 75
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