Morphomechanics of development
This book outlines a unified theory of embryonic development, assuming morphogenesis to be a multi-level process including self-organizing steps while also obeying general laws. It is shown how molecular mechanisms generate mechanical forces, which in the long run lead to morphological changes. Ques...
| Main Author: | Belousov, L. V. 1935- |
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| Other Authors: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cham :
Springer,
[2015]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xv, 195 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Table of Contents:
- From strict determinism to self-organization
- From molecules to cells: machines, symmetries and feedbacks
- Morphogenesis on the multicellular level: patterns of mechanical stresses and main modes of collective cell behavior
- Morphomechanical feedbacks
- Morphomechanics of plants
- Concluding remarks.