Tracking-Free Determination of Single-Cell Displacements and Division Rates in Confluent Monolayers

A biological tissue is an ensemble of soft cells in close physical contact. Events such as cell-shape changes and, more rarely, cell-divisions and apoptosis continuously occur in a tissue, whose collective behavior is set by the cumulative occurrence of such events. In this complex environment, quan...

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Main Authors: Fabio Giavazzi, Chiara Malinverno, Giorgio Scita, Roberto Cerbino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Physics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphy.2018.00120/full