Modelling the skeletal architecture in a sponge with radiate accretive growth.
A mathematical model of the skeletogenesis and the influence of the physical environment on the morphogenesis of a branching sponge, for example, Haliclona oculata or Lubomirskia baikalensis, is presented. In the model, we assume that the radiate accretive growth process is nutrient limited. With this model we can generate in a simulated accretive growth process branching objects with a similarity to the branching sponges.
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Jaap A
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Section Computational Science, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 403, SJ Amsterdam 1098, The Netherlands. jaapk@science.uva.nl
D000818:Animals; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D047129:Haliclona / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D008954:Models, Biological; D011161:Porifera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000254:growth & development*