Publication Date:
2018-07-28
Description:
Scutoids are a geometrical solution to three-dimensional packing of epithelia Scutoids are a geometrical solution to three-dimensional packing of epithelia, Published online: 27 July 2018; doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05376-1 Cell arrangement in the plane of epithelia is well studied, but its three-dimensional packing is largely unknown. Here the authors model curved epithelia and predict that cells adopt a geometrical shape they call “scutoid”, resulting in different apical and basal neighbours, and confirm the presence of scutoids in curved tissues.
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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