Thick and thin fingers point out Turing waves.
Mouse genetics and computer simulations demonstrate that digit number and width are controlled by a Turing-type mechanism in which distal Hox genes modulate periodicity.
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Economou
Jeremy B A
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Green
D000818:Animals; D019521:Body Patterning / Q000235:genetics*; D005801:Genes, Homeobox / Q000502:physiology*; D017689:Polydactyly / Q000235:genetics*