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  text: By applying methods and principles from the physical sciences to biological
    problems, D'Arcy Thompson's On Growth and Form demonstrated how mathematical reasoning
    reveals elegant, simple explanations for seemingly complex processes. This has
    had a profound influence on subsequent generations of developmental biologists.
    We discuss how this influence can be traced through twentieth century morphologists,
    embryologists and theoreticians to current research that explores the molecular
    and cellular mechanisms of tissue growth and patterning, including our own studies
    of the vertebrate neural tube.
author:
- first_name: James
  full_name: Briscoe, James
  last_name: Briscoe
- first_name: Anna
  full_name: Kicheva, Anna
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  last_name: Kicheva
  orcid: 0000-0003-4509-4998
citation:
  ama: Briscoe J, Kicheva A. The physics of development 100 years after D’Arcy Thompson’s
    “on growth and form.” <i>Mechanisms of Development</i>. 2017;145:26-31. doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mod.2017.03.005">10.1016/j.mod.2017.03.005</a>
  apa: Briscoe, J., &#38; Kicheva, A. (2017). The physics of development 100 years
    after D’Arcy Thompson’s “on growth and form.” <i>Mechanisms of Development</i>.
    Elsevier. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mod.2017.03.005">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mod.2017.03.005</a>
  chicago: Briscoe, James, and Anna Kicheva. “The Physics of Development 100 Years
    after D’Arcy Thompson’s ‘on Growth and Form.’” <i>Mechanisms of Development</i>.
    Elsevier, 2017. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mod.2017.03.005">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mod.2017.03.005</a>.
  ieee: J. Briscoe and A. Kicheva, “The physics of development 100 years after D’Arcy
    Thompson’s ‘on growth and form,’” <i>Mechanisms of Development</i>, vol. 145.
    Elsevier, pp. 26–31, 2017.
  ista: Briscoe J, Kicheva A. 2017. The physics of development 100 years after D’Arcy
    Thompson’s “on growth and form”. Mechanisms of Development. 145, 26–31.
  mla: Briscoe, James, and Anna Kicheva. “The Physics of Development 100 Years after
    D’Arcy Thompson’s ‘on Growth and Form.’” <i>Mechanisms of Development</i>, vol.
    145, Elsevier, 2017, pp. 26–31, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mod.2017.03.005">10.1016/j.mod.2017.03.005</a>.
  short: J. Briscoe, A. Kicheva, Mechanisms of Development 145 (2017) 26–31.
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:47:55Z
date_published: 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:09:20Z
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  - '28366718'
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---
_id: '686'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Tissues are thought to behave like fluids with a given surface tension. Differences
    in tissue surface tension (TST) have been proposed to trigger cell sorting and
    tissue envelopment. D'Arcy Thompson in his seminal book ‘On Growth and Form’ has
    introduced this concept of differential TST as a key physical mechanism dictating
    tissue formation and organization within the developing organism. Over the past
    century, many studies have picked up the concept of differential TST and analyzed
    the role and cell biological basis of TST in development, underlining the importance
    and influence of this concept in developmental biology.
author:
- first_name: Carl-Philipp J
  full_name: Heisenberg, Carl-Philipp J
  id: 39427864-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Heisenberg
  orcid: 0000-0002-0912-4566
citation:
  ama: 'Heisenberg C-PJ. D’Arcy Thompson’s ‘on growth and form’: From soap bubbles
    to tissue self organization. <i>Mechanisms of Development</i>. 2017;145:32-37.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mod.2017.03.006">10.1016/j.mod.2017.03.006</a>'
  apa: 'Heisenberg, C.-P. J. (2017). D’Arcy Thompson’s ‘on growth and form’: From
    soap bubbles to tissue self organization. <i>Mechanisms of Development</i>. Elsevier.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mod.2017.03.006">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mod.2017.03.006</a>'
  chicago: 'Heisenberg, Carl-Philipp J. “D’Arcy Thompson’s ‘on Growth and Form’: From
    Soap Bubbles to Tissue Self Organization.” <i>Mechanisms of Development</i>. Elsevier,
    2017. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mod.2017.03.006">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mod.2017.03.006</a>.'
  ieee: 'C.-P. J. Heisenberg, “D’Arcy Thompson’s ‘on growth and form’: From soap bubbles
    to tissue self organization,” <i>Mechanisms of Development</i>, vol. 145. Elsevier,
    pp. 32–37, 2017.'
  ista: 'Heisenberg C-PJ. 2017. D’Arcy Thompson’s ‘on growth and form’: From soap
    bubbles to tissue self organization. Mechanisms of Development. 145, 32–37.'
  mla: 'Heisenberg, Carl-Philipp J. “D’Arcy Thompson’s ‘on Growth and Form’: From
    Soap Bubbles to Tissue Self Organization.” <i>Mechanisms of Development</i>, vol.
    145, Elsevier, 2017, pp. 32–37, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mod.2017.03.006">10.1016/j.mod.2017.03.006</a>.'
  short: C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Mechanisms of Development 145 (2017) 32–37.
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:47:55Z
date_published: 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-01-12T08:09:23Z
day: '01'
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- _id: CaHe
doi: 10.1016/j.mod.2017.03.006
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- iso: eng
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