From chaos to structure (IMAGE)

Institute of Science and Technology Austria

From chaos to structure

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The schematic shows that the 4-cell stage embryo gives rise to many different shapes. At the beginning of the 8-cell stage, the embryos are driven toward the most optimal packing due to simple physical laws.

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Fabrèges & Corominas Murtra et al. / Science

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