Branching in Nature : Dynamics and Morphogenesis of Branching Structures, from Cell to River Networks /

There is increasing evidence that branching processes in nature proceed by similar mechanisms in many seemingly different systems. This is the first comprehensive book dealing with this topic - it encompasses all fields of science, investigating branching morphogenesis and pattern formation in cells...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fleury, Vincent
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Gouyet, Jean-François, Léonetti, M. (Marc)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2001.
Series:Centre de Physique des Houches ; 14.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • From the contents: Patterns with Open Brances or Closed Networks: Growth in Scalar or Tensorial Fields
  • Branching in Plants
  • Inside the Buds: The Meristems
  • Two Symmetries Linking Biological and Physical Branching Morphogenesis
  • Establishing a Growth Axis in Fucoid Algae
  • Shape Stability During Osmotic Growth
  • On Transcellular Ionic Currents
  • Branched Patterns in Geology: Rivers and Other Systems
  • Neuronal Arborization
  • Chemical Waves and Dendrites and Navigation During Self-Wiring of Neural Nets
  • The Mouse Embryonic Lung: A Biological Example of Branching Morphogenesis
  • Branched Structures, Acinus Morphology and Optimal Design of Mammalian Lungs
  • Quantitative Studies of Branching Morphogeneses in the Developing Kidney
  • Morphogenic Responses of Mammary Epithelial cells Grown in Biological Semi-Solid Substrates.