Reaction-diffusion waves in biology.
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The theory of reaction-diffusion waves begins in the 1930s with the works in population dynamics, combustion theory and chemical kinetics. At the present time, it is a well developed area of research which includes qualitative properties of travelling waves for the scalar reaction-diffusion equation and for system of equations, complex nonlinear dynamics, numerous applications in physics, chemistry, biology, medicine. This paper reviews biological applications of reaction-diffusion waves.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physics of life reviews
دوره 6 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009