title: Modelling stripe formation in zebrafish: an agent-based approach.
abstract: Zebrafish have distinctive black stripes and yellow interstripes that form owing to the interaction of different pigment cells. We present a two-population agent-based model for the development and regeneration of these stripes and interstripes informed by recent experimental results. Our model describes stripe pattern formation, laser ablation and mutations. We find that fish growth shortens the necessary scale for long-range interactions and that iridophores, a third type of pigment cell, help align stripes and interstripes.
authors.affiliation: Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA alexandria_volkening@brown.edu.
authors.forename: Alexandria
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3401-5094
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Volkening
authors.affiliation: Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
authors.forename: Björn
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5432-1235
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sandstede
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008954:Models, Biological; D009154:Mutation; D012880:Skin Pigmentation / Q000502:physiology*; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: agent-based model; growing domain; pattern formation; zebrafish