Table of Contents
1 Cover
4 Preface
5 Part 1 GENERAL ISSUES 1 Introduction for a Tutorial on Diatom Morphology 1.1 Diatoms in Brief 1.2 Tools to Explore Diatom Frustule Morphology 1.3 Diatom Frustule 3D Reconstruction 1.4 Conclusion Acknowledgements References 2 The Uncanny Symmetry of Some Diatoms and Not of Others: A Multi-Scale Morphological Characteristic and a Puzzle for Morphogenesis 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Methods 2.3 Results 2.4 Discussion References 3 On the Size Sequence of Diatoms in Clonal Chains 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Mathematical Analysis of the Size Sequence 3.3 Observations 3.4 Conclusions Acknowledgements Appendix 3A L-System for the Generation of the Sequence of Differences in Size Indices of Adjacent Diatoms Appendix 3B Probability Consideration for Loss of Synchronicity References 4 Valve Morphogenesis in Amphitetras antediluviana Ehrenberg 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Material and Methods 4.3 Observations 4.4 Conclusion Acknowledgments References Glossary
6 Part 2 SIMULATION 5 Geometric Models of Concentric and Spiral Areola Patterns of Centric Diatoms 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Set of Common Rules Used in the Models 5.3 Concentric Pattern of Areolae 5.4 Spiral Patterns of Areolae 5.5 Conversion of an Areolae-Based Model Into a Frame-Based Model 5.6 Conclusion Acknowledgements References 6 Diatom Pore Arrays’ Periodicities and Symmetries in the Euclidean Plane: Nature Between Perfection and Imperfection 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Materials and Methods 6.3 Results and Discussion 6.4 Conclusion Acknowledgment Glossary References 7 Quantified Ensemble 3D Surface Features Modeled as a Window on Centric Diatom Valve Morphogenesis 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Methods 7.3 Results 7.4 Discussion 7.5 Conclusions Acknowledgment References 8 Buckling: A Geometric and Biophysical Multiscale Feature of Centric Diatom Valve Morphogenesis 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Purpose of Study 8.3 Background: Multiscale Diatom Morphogenesis 8.4 Biophysics of Diatom Valve Formation and Buckling 8.5 Geometrical and Biophysical Aspects of Buckling and Valve Formation 8.6 Methods 8.7 Results 8.8 Conclusion References 9 Are Mantle Profiles of Circular Centric Diatoms a Measure of Buckling Forces During Valve Morphogenesis? 9.1 Introduction