Morphomechanics of Development

• Main Author: Beloussov, Lev V. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Systems biology.; Developmental biology.; Biophysics.; Life Sciences.; Developmental Biology.; Systems Biology.; Multicellular Systems.

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...

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.