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We describe a three-species mechanism for spatial pattern formation in which only one species spatially moves. We show that a bifurcation to traveling or standing waves occurs. We contrast this mechanism for pattern formation with the better known cases where more than one species moves.
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Ermentrout, B., Lewis, M. Pattern formation in systems with one spatially distributed species. Bltn Mathcal Biology 59, 533–549 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02459464
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