Developmental biology: a growing role for computer simulations.
Keeping cells separated in well-defined domains is essential for development. A new computational-experimental study elucidates the physical mechanisms that establish and maintain the dorsal-ventral compartment boundary in the Drosophila wing disc and demonstrates the increasing value of computer simulations in developmental biology.
BioQuant and Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Heidelberg, Philosophenweg 19, 69118 Heidelberg, Germany. Ulrich.Schwarz@bioquant.uni-heidelberg.de
Ulrich S
US
Schwarz
Carina M
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Dunlop
D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila / Q000254:growth & development*; D014921:Wings, Animal / Q000254:growth & development*