Modelling stripe formation in zebrafish: an agent-based approach
Authored by Alexandria Volkening, Bjoern Sandstede
Date Published: 2015
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2015.0812
Sponsors:
United States National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Abstract
Zebrafish have distinctive black stripes and yellow interstripes that
form owing to the interaction of different pigment cells. We present a
two-population agent-based model for the development and regeneration of
these stripes and interstripes informed by recent experimental results.
Our model describes stripe pattern formation, laser ablation and
mutations. We find that fish growth shortens the necessary scale for
long-range interactions and that iridophores, a third type of pigment
cell, help align stripes and interstripes.
Tags
Evolution
movement
Organization
Generation
Pigment pattern-formation
Cell-interactions
Turing patterns
Melanophores
Xanthophores
Iridophores