Fig. 3. Morphodynamic interactions can result in complex patterns. (A) Forms of interacting territories can affect induced patterns. In this example, curvature of the target tissue affects whether one small, two small or one large territory is induced (black). (B) Distance of interacting territories can also affect the number and size of induced territories. Note that beyond a certain distance between territories, no pattern changes will occur. (C) Actual spatial patterns of induced territories can be complex with large changes produced by small changes in interacting territories. The actual patterns may also be difficult to infer from histological sections (e.g., vertical line in C represents location of corresponding sections in B).

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