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and have too many unknown initialisms: "The model can be used to explain the differences in gene expression between mice and vole teeth, the signaling center of the tooth, enamel knot, secrets BMPs, FGFs and Shh. Shh and FGF inhibits BMP production, while BMP stimulates both the production of more BMPs and the synthesis of their own inhibitors." DKMell (talk) 00:47, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I think "secrets" is a typo and should be "secretes", the verb, as in "[The] enamel knot secretes [list of three things]". Philh-591 (talk) 16:24, 22 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I remember reading about invoking string theory in Mathematics, etc. to explain the "clumpiness" of the universe and the evolution of stars and galaxies. Why not in terms of this notion of Turing patterns? The law of entropy in Thermodynamics suggests an inexorable march from "order" to "chaos", which begs the question of how "order" and "structure" can come about in the first place. Here, we seem to have a plausible explanation for a "creative force" that could conceivably build up "structures" from "chaos" or "randomness". Shumkh925 (talk) 20:29, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This article never explains what Turing's model is or how it works. Instead, it just lists examples without explanation (and, as mentioned above, too much jargon).

108.218.59.210 (talk) 21:29, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's now said that finger prints are also created through a Turing Pattern 8.33.230.1 (talk) 21:17, 28 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This is a peculiar choice of inclusion in this article. Radiolarian patterning is a nice problem, but it does not constitute a classic model of Turing patterns in any sense (especially since it seems the publications in question are dated to 2006). Indeed, it is rarely mentioned in standard reviews on the subject. A better choice for a 'classic model' would be to more thoroughly examine the 1972 work by Gierer and Meinhardt. Other widely studied systems include the Schnakenberg model and the related grey-scott model, along with the lengyel-epstein model associated with the CDIMA reaction. The historically most popular biological example has been animal coat pigmentation, and other example with actual experimental evidence include digitation, palate rugae, and hair follicle spacing. 128.54.37.138 (talk) 17:27, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]