Polar pattern formation induced by contact following locomotion in a multicellular system
M. Hayakawa, T. Hiraiwa, Y. Wada, H. Kuwayama, T. Shibata
This study identifies contact following locomotion as a mechanism driving polar order in collective cell migration through experiments and simulations in Dictyostelium cells.
bioRxiv · Dec 29, 2019Biophysics