Phys. Rev. E 64, 041909 (2001) [5 pages]

Turing model for the patterns of lady beetles

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S. S. Liaw¹, C. C. Yang², R. T. Liu¹, and J. T. Hong¹
¹Department of Physics, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
²Department of Physics, National Changhua Normal University, Changhua, Taiwan

Received 20 April 2001; published 21 September 2001

We simulate the patterns on the hard wings of lady beetles using a reaction-diffusion equation based on the Turing model. A part of a spherical surface is used to approximate the geometry of the hard wings. Various patterns common to lady beetles in Taiwan can be produced on this curved surface by adjusting the parameters of the model.

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.64.041909

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10.1103/PhysRevE.64.041909

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87.10.+e, 87.17.Aa, 47.54.+r

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Phys. Rev. E 64, 041909 (2001) [5 pages]

Turing model for the patterns of lady beetles