January 2013   in “Elsevier eBooks”    The conclusion is that understanding how patterns form in biology is crucial for advancing research and medical science.  
     
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  May 2012   in “Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Developmental Biology”    The conclusion is that understanding how feathers and hairs pattern can help in developing hair regeneration treatments.  
     
           18 citations
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  April 2004   in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology”    Skin patterns are formed by simple reaction-diffusion mechanisms.  
     
           20 citations
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  September 2021   in “Nature communications”    Cat color patterns are determined early in development by gene expression and epidermal changes, with the Dickkopf 4 gene playing a crucial role.  
     
           July 2023   in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)”    The mesenchyme can start hair growth, but the exact signal that causes this is still unknown.