How the lizard gets its speckled scales

Leah Edelstein-Keshet ()
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Leah Edelstein-Keshet: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z2, Canada.

Nature, 2017, vol. 544, issue 7649, 170-171

Abstract: Can a reptile compute? In one species of lizard, Timon lepidus, the colour and pattern of its scales evolve in a manner akin to a discrete rule-based computation called a cellular automaton. See Letter p.173

Date: 2017
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