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The main object of this book is the study of dynamics and bifurcations for the system depending on four parameters (\(a\) is considered to be a control parameter) \[ \begin{aligned} w'&=-(a+b)w+v^2-wv^2+b,\\ v'&=-bw-(a+d)v+v^2-wv^2+b+ac. \end{aligned} \] This system is known as the Gray-Scott model of some chemical process in enzymology. The book has four chapters: 1. Elements of bifurcation theory, 2. Mathematical models in enzymology, 3. The static bifurcation in the Gray-Scott model, 4. Local dynamical bifurcations in the Gray-Scott model. The first two chapters contain a collection of known notions and results, whereas the last two represent an original contribution of the author. In the analysis of the above system she uses methods which mainly come from singularity theory, central manifold theory and the theory of normal forms.