LPF: a framework for exploring the wing color pattern formation of ladybird beetles in Python.
basic_science · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 37421407.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1093/bioinformatics/btad430 and PMC identifier 10354001.
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Abstract
Biological pattern formation is one of the complex system phenomena in nature, requiring theoretical analysis based on mathematical modeling and computer simulations for in-depth understanding. We propose a Python framework named LPF to systematically explore the highly diverse wing color patterns of ladybirds using reaction-diffusion models. LPF supports GPU-accelerated array computing for numerical analysis of partial differential equation models, concise visualization of ladybird morphs, and evolutionary algorithms for searching mathematical models with deep learning models for computer vision. LPF is available on GitHub at https://github.com/cxinsys/lpf.
Medical subject headings
- Coleoptera