  We compare spot patterns generated by Turing mechanisms with those generated
by replication cascades, in a model one-dimensional reaction-diffusion system.
We determine the stability region of spot solutions in parameter space as a
function of a natural control parameter (feed-rate) where degenerate patterns
with different numbers of spots coexist for a fixed feed-rate. While it is
possible to generate identical patterns via both mechanisms, we show that
replication cascades lead to a wider choice of pattern profiles that can be
selected through a tuning of the feed-rate, exploiting hysteresis and
directionality effects of the different pattern pathways.
