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

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

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Fleury, V. (Editor), Gouyet, J.-F. (Editor), Leonetti, Marc. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
Edition:1st ed. 2001.
Series:Centre de Physique des Houches ; 14
Subjects:
Life sciences.
Statistical physics.
Dynamical systems.
Biophysics.
Biological physics.
Earth sciences.
Biomathematics.
Life Sciences, general.
Complex Systems.
Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics.
Earth Sciences, general.
Mathematical and Computational Biology.
Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems.
Table of Contents:
  • Patterns with Open Branches or Closed Networks: Growth in Scalar or Tensorial Fields
  • Plants
  • I Branching in Plants
  • II Inside the Buds: The Meristems
  • Contributed Paper 1 Two Symmetries Linking Biological and Physical Branching Morphogenesis
  • III Establishing a Growth Axis in Fucoid Algae
  • Contributed Paper 2 Shape Stability during Osmotic Growth
  • Contributed Paper 3 On Transcellular Ionic Currents
  • Rivers
  • IV Branched Patterns in Geology: Rivers and Other Systems
  • Neurons
  • V Neuronal Arborization
  • Contributed Paper 4 Chemical Waves and Dendrites Navigation during Self-Wiring of Neural Nets
  • Branching Organs
  • VI The Mouse Embryonic Lung: A Biological Example of Branching Morphogenesis
  • VII Branched Structures, Acinus Morphology and Optimal Design of Mammalian Lungs
  • Contributed Paper 5 Quantitative Studies of Branching Morphogenesis in the Developing Kidney
  • Contributed Paper 6 Morphogenic Responses of Mammary Epithelial Cells Grown in Biological Semi-Solid Substrates
  • Vessels
  • VIII Vascular Development: Design Principles and Morphometric Analysis of a Branched Vascular Tree
  • IX Mechanics of the Large Artery Vascular Wall
  • Contributed Paper 7 A Link Between Dendritic Growth and Remodeling of Blood Vessels
  • Bacteria
  • X Adaptive Branching During Colonial Development of Lubricating Bacteria
  • Contributed Paper 8 Pattern Formation Modeling of Bacterial Colonies
  • Crystals
  • XI Dendritic Growth
  • Contributed Paper 9 Sidebranching in Solutal Dendritic Growth
  • Contributed Paper 10 Experimental Study of Sidebranching in Directional Solidification
  • Fluids
  • XII Branching during Dewetting and Wetting
  • Contributed Paper 11 Viscous Fingering in a Gel
  • Contributed Paper 12 Branching Transition in Viscous Fingering with a Liquid Crystal
  • Mathematics
  • Contributed Paper 13 Mathematical Meristems: The Singularities of Laplacian Growth
  • List of Participants
  • Color Plates.

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