title: Hidden symmetry in chains of biological coupled oscillators.
abstract: We experimentally investigated spatiotemporal patterns in chains of coupled biological oscillators with boundaries and found hidden symmetric patterns that are not straightforwardly derived from explicit geometrical symmetry of the systems. We propose a model of coupled oscillators in chains with a hidden oscillator interconnecting its boundaries. The model can explain all observed patterns including the hidden symmetric ones, while other models such as discrete analogs of Neumann boundary conditions in continuous systems cannot.
authors.affiliation: Recognition and Formation, PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Japan. atsuko_ta@waseda.jp
authors.forename: Atsuko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takamatsu
authors.forename: Reiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Teruo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujii
mesh_terms: D001683:Biological Clocks; D008954:Models, Biological