Self-organizing striped and spotted patterns on a discrete reaction-diffusion model

We propose a novel and simple discrete reaction-diffusion model that self-organizes striped and spotted spatial patterns. Through theoretical analyses, we show that the spatial frequency of the generated patterns is proportional to diffusion length. Through extensive numerical simulations, we demonstrate that the model can produce Turing-like striped and spotted spatial patterns.

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