Current topics in developmental biology. v. 81, Multiscale modeling of developmental systems / edited by Santiago Schnell ... [et al.]. — Amsterdam : Elsevier / Academic Press, c2008. – (58.12/C976/v.81)

Contents

    Contents
    
    Contributors xiii
    Introduction xvii
    1 Models of Biological Pattern Formation: From Elementary Steps to the Organization of Embryonic Axes
    2 Robustness of Embryonic Spatial Patterning in Drosophila melanogaster
    3 Integrating Morphogenesis with Underlying Mechanics and Cell Biology
    4 The Mechanisms Underlying Primitive Streak Formation in the Chick Embryo
    5 Grid-Free Models of Multicellular Systems， with an Application to Large-Scale Vortices Accompanying Primitive Streak Formation
    6 Mathematical Models for Somite Formation
    7 Coordinated Action of N-CAM， N-cadherin， EphA4， and ephrinB2 Translates Genetic Prepatterns into Structure during Somitogenesis in Chick
    8 Branched Organs: Mechanics of Morphogenesis by Multiple Mechanisms
    9 Multicellular Sprouting during Vasculogenesis
    10 Modeling Lung Branching Morphogenesis Takashi Miura
    11 Multiscale Models for Vertebrate Limb Development
    12 Tooth Morphogenesis in vivo， in vitro， and in silico
    13 Delaunay-Object-Dynamics: Cell Mechanics with a 3D Kinetic and Dynamic Weighted Delaunay-Triangulation
    14 Cellular Automata as Microscopic Models of Cell Migration in Heterogeneous Environments
    15 Multiscale Modeling of Biological Pattern Formation
    16 Relating Biophysical Properties Across Scales
    17 Complex Multicellular Systems and Immune Competition: New Paradigms Looking for a Mathematical Theory
    Index 503
    Contents of Previous Volumes 515