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A model for cellular development in morphogenetic fields. (English) Zbl 0769.68127

Lindenmayer systems. Impacts on theoretical computer science, computer graphics, and developmental biology, 351-370 (1992).
Summary: [For the entire collection see Zbl 0755.00005.]
This paper introduces cell systems as a new framework for the simulation of pattern and shape formation in two-dimensional cellular structures. Cell systems describe development in terms of lineage rules, with the orientations of division walls specified relative to a directional morphogenetic field. The shapes of cells result from mechanical cell interactions due to osmotic pressure and well tension. Cell systems offer a highly intuitive method for describing the development of cellular structures, and capture their natural variability in a straightforward way. The concept is illustrated using abstract patterns and a developmental model of a fern gametophyte.

MSC:

68U20 Simulation (MSC2010)
92C15 Developmental biology, pattern formation

Citations:

Zbl 0755.00005
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