Stochastic pattern formation and spontaneous polarisation: the linear noise approximation and beyond

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DOI10.1007/S11538-013-9827-4zbMATH Open1297.92034arXiv1211.0462OpenAlexW2129492405WikidataQ38087541 ScholiaQ38087541MaRDI QIDQ458704FDOQ458704


Authors: Alan J. McKane, Tommaso Biancalani, Tim Rogers Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 8 October 2014

Published in: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We review the mathematical formalism underlying the modelling of stochasticity in biological systems. Beginning with a description of the system in terms of its basic constituents, we derive the mesoscopic equations governing the dynamics which generalise the more familiar macroscopic equations. We apply this formalism to the analysis of two specific noise-induced phenomena observed in biologically-inspired models. In the first example, we show how the stochastic amplification of a Turing instability gives rise to spatial and temporal patterns which may be understood within the linear noise approximation. The second example concerns the spontaneous emergence of cell polarity, where we make analytic progress by exploiting a separation of time-scales.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.0462




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