Spatial Bistability Generates hunchback Expression Sharpness in the Drosophila Embryo

• Francisco J. P. Lopes ,

  * E-mail: fjplopes@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Applied Mathematics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America, Center for Developmental Genetics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America, Instituto de Biofisica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Fernando M. C. Vieira,

  Affiliations Instituto de Biofisica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Instituto de Quimica, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil

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• David M. Holloway,

  Affiliations Mathematics Department, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, Chemistry Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Biology Department, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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• Paulo M. Bisch,

  Affiliation Instituto de Biofisica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Alexander V. Spirov

  Affiliations Department of Applied Mathematics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America, Center for Developmental Genetics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

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