Angular homeostasis. IX. Polygonal orbits with a moving target: implications for anomalous numbers of digits in congenital heart disease.

doi:10.1002/ajmg.1320450321

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Angular homeostasis. IX. Polygonal orbits with a moving target: implications for anomalous numbers of digits in congenital heart disease.

American journal of medical genetics - 1 Feb 1993

Murphy E A

Abstract excerpt

This paper explores properties of discrete processes in which a pursuer seeks a target that is moving at constant velocity r that is a fixed proportion of the speed of the pursuer. The pursuer is subjected to proportional angular homeostasis, so chosen that the number of steps per circuit is smal...

Topics

Abnormalities, Multiple
Embryonic and Fetal Development
Extremities
Fingers
Heart Defects, Congenital
Homeostasis
Humans
Limb Deformities, Congenital
Models, Biological
Phenotype

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