Fish pattern simulations (IMAGE)

University of Colorado at Boulder

Fish pattern simulations

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Top: A male Ornate Boxfish (Aracana ornata). Bottom left: A close-up picture of the fish’s natural hexagonal pattern. Bottom center: Fish pattern simulation based on Turing’s reaction-diffusion theory. Bottom right: Diffusiophoresis-enhanced reaction-diffusion simulation.

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The Birch Aquarium/ Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Benjamin Alessio/University of Colorado Boulder

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