返回
Pattern formation within phenotype-structured chemotactic populations
DOI:10.1098/rspa.2025.0483.png)
摘要
En 中文
Populations can become spatially organized through chemotaxis autoattraction, wherein population members release their own chemoattractant. Standard models of this process usually assume phenotypic homogeneity, but recent studies have shed illumination on the inherent heterogeneity within populations: in terms of chemotactic behaviour, trait heterogeneity can range from the sensitivity to attractant gradients to the rate at which attractants are produced. We propose a framework that accounts for this heterogeneity, extending the standard Keller-Segel model to a non-local formulation in which the population is continuously structured across some phenotype state space. Focusing on autoattraction, we allow both the chemotactic sensitivity and the rate of attractant secretion to vary across the population and suppose members can switch between different phenotype states. We extend classical Turing-type linear stability analyses to determine the impact of phenotypic structuring on pattern formation, showing that the rate of switching influences both the critical condition for self-organization and subsequent pattern dynamics. Scenarios in which the chemotactic sensitivity and attractant secretion are positively or negatively correlated are used to highlight the significance of these results.
Keyword:
pattern formation
chemotaxis
phenotype structuring
non-local PDEs
期刊
P
IF:
3
论文数:
403
被引数:
2.5W
机构
引用论文
Collective behavior and nongenetic inheritance allow bacterial populations to adapt to changing environments集体行为和非遗传遗传使细菌种群能够适应不断变化的环境
Direct measurement of dynamic attractant gradients reveals breakdown of the Patlak-Keller-Segel chemotaxis model动态引诱剂梯度的直接测量揭示了patlak-keller-segel趋化性模型的崩溃
Growth-rate dependent resource investment in bacterial motile behavior quantitatively follows potential benefit of chemotaxis依赖于细菌运动行为的增长率的资源投资定量地遵循趋化性的潜在收益

