Dense active matter model of motion patterns in confluent cell monolayers
Epithelial cell monolayers show remarkable displacement and velocity correlations over distances of ten or more cell sizes. Here the authors show that cell motility coupled to the collective elastic modes of the cell sheet is sufficient to produce characteristic swirl-like correlations.
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2020
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/f3f4777815a34d70a49dfa9b298ea504 |
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