Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
1999-07-14
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
9 pages, 3 figures, minor modifications, added references
Scientific paper
Growth and folding in one-layered model tissue sheets are studied in a stochastic, lattice-free single cell model which considers the discrete cellular structure of the tissue, and a coarse grained analytical approach. The polarity of the tissue sheet is considered by a bending term. Cell division gives rise to a locally increasing metric. An exponential and a power-law growth regime are identified. In both regimes folding occurs as soon as the bending contribution becomes too small to compensate the destabilizing effect of the cell proliferation. The potential biological relevance is discussed.
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