title: Growth induced curve dynamics for filamentary micro-organisms.
abstract: The growth of filamentary micro-organisms is described in terms of the geometry of evolving planar curves in which the dynamics is determined by an underlying growth process. Steadily propagating tip shapes in two and three dimensions are found that are consistent with experimentally observed growth sequences.
authors.affiliation: Program in Applied Mathematics and Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona, AZ 85721, USA. goriely@math.arizona.edu
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goriely
authors.forename: György
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Károlyi
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tabor
mesh_terms: D039903:Actinobacteria / Q000254:growth & development*; D005658:Fungi / Q000254:growth & development*; D025301:Hyphae / Q000254:growth & development; D008954:Models, Biological