CONFINED TURING PATTERNS IN GROWING SYSTEMS

In this paper we address the problem of pattern formation in confined Turing systems in two dimensions, when one assumes the enhancement of the concentration of one of the chemicals at some of the confining sur faces. This model is suitable to study biological systems, such as the skin patterns shown by some marine fish. We also study numerically th e dynamical growth of the system by changing the size of the confined region while dynamical diffusion and reaction phenomena take place. Th is idea is tested in two different models. This allows one to estimate the robustness of stripe formation.