Feedback loops are a central motive in biological regulatory networks, playing an important role finding hysteresis effects and oscillatory behavior. In this thesis we develop a general system of coupled feedback loops, combining a fast positive feedback loop with a slow negative one. The introduction of different time scales allows a deeper investigation of a three-dimensional prototype. We prove the existence of a line of Hopf bifurcations, a line of homoclinic orbits, and canard cycles. Furthermore we give a numerical description of four generic cases in an associated planar case. As an application of coupled feedback loops we investigate a model of the blood coagulation system.
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Feedback loops are a central motive in biological regulatory networks, playing an important role finding hysteresis effects and oscillatory behavior. In this thesis we develop a general system of coupled feedback loops, combining a fast positive feedback loop with a slow negative one. The introduction of different time scales allows a deeper investigation of a three-dimensional prototype. We prove the existence of a line of Hopf bifurcations, a line of homoclinic orbits, and canard cycles. Furth...
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