Accurately quantifying the shape of birds’ eggs
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4412
Abstract: Abstract Describing the range of avian egg shapes quantitatively has long been recognized as difficult. A variety of approaches has been adopted, some of which aim to capture the shape accurately and some to provide… read more here.
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Quantifying the shape of cells, from Minkowski tensors to p-atic orders
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DOI: 10.7554/elife.105680
Abstract: P-atic liquid crystal theories offer new perspectives on how cells self-organize and respond to mechanical cues. Understanding and quantifying the underlying orientational orders is therefore essential for unraveling the physical mechanisms that govern tissue dynamics.… read more here.
Keywords: quantifying shape; atic orders; shape; cells minkowski ... See more keywords