Turing patterns offer insight into (among other things) the patterns we find on animals, whether it’s the splotches on ...

Whether you prefer a calming tone-on-tone or a fine strié, there’s no denying the fresh look of stripes. Wide ranging, from ...

How animal color patterns develop and evolve is a longstanding question in developmental biology. HHMI Investigator Hopi Hoekstra of Harvard University studies the development and evolution of stripe ...

Back in 1952, Turing suggested that natural biological patterns like stripes or spots could form in the presence of two molecules: a slow-moving activator and a fast-moving inhibitor. The activator ...