Figure 3. Dependence of the period (τ) with k_s, V_r and K_r, for nH = 4.

(A) The τvalues are shown in pseudocolor within the K_r-V_r-parameter space for different values of the k_s parameter from 0 (left) to 2 h ⁻¹ (right). Black areas indicate zones in which there are damped oscillations. A white dotted line was added in order to emphasize the transition between the two dynamical behaviors observed in our model. Note the changes in the oscillatory domain and the τ length with k_s (the color key for τ is at the bottom of the plots). (B) An inset of the K_r-V_r-space shown in panel A for k_s = 2 h ⁻¹ (right) shows the subtle changes in τ. Note that the key color was rescaled in order to display the differences in more detail. (C) Dependence of τ (red line) with V_r for a fixed value of K_r = 0.01 nM). Black line shows the pseudo-period value for damped oscillations. See the text for further details.