Elsevier

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volume 40, Issue 1, July 1973, Pages 45-56, IN1-IN3, 57-61
Journal of Theoretical Biology

Autowave processes in a distributed chemical system

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Abstract

The autowave processes with a characteristic wavelength and oscillation period may arise under some initial conditions in a uniform active medium. The wavelength and period depend on the chemical and physical parameters of the system and are independent of the initial and boundary conditions and of the system linear size. The processes occur in a homogeneous solution in the course of an oscillating chemical reaction. Similar processes may play an important role in the phenomena of short-term memory, cardiac arrhythmia, morphogenesis and prebiological evolution.

Different types of structures are discussed, and experimental data and mathematical models are presented.

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