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Branching in Nature

Dynamics and Morphogenesis of Branching Structures, from Cell to River Networks

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. Vincent Fleury

    1. Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau Cedex, France

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  2. Jean-François Gouyet

    1. Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau Cedex, France

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  3. Marc Léonetti

    1. Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris-Sud Orsay, Orsay, France

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Part of the book series: Centre de Physique des Houches (LHWINTER, volume 14)

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Table of contents (26 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXIII
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  3. Plants

    1. Branching in Plants

      • F. Hallé
      Pages 23-40

    2. Inside the Buds: The Meristems

      • P. Laufs, J. Traas
      Pages 41-71

    3. Two Symmetries Linking Biological and Physical Branching Morphogenesis

      • V. Fleury
      Pages 73-85

    4. Establishing a Growth Axis in Fucoid Algae

      • D. L. Kropf, S. R. Bisgrove, W. E. Hable
      Pages 87-97

    5. Shape Stability during Osmotic Growth

      • M. Léonetti
      Pages 99-105

    6. On Transcellular Ionic Currents

      • M. Léonetti, E. Dubois-Violette
      Pages 107-118

  4. Rivers

    1. Branched Patterns in Geology: Rivers and Other Systems

      • P. Meakin, T. Sun, T. Jøssang
      Pages 119-159

  5. Neurons

    1. Neuronal Arborization

      • J.-P. Ternaux
      Pages 161-202

    2. Chemical Waves and Dendrites Navigation during Self-Wiring of Neural Nets

      • R. Segev, E. Ben-Jacob
      Pages 203-209

  6. Branching Organs

    1. The Mouse Embryonic Lung: A Biological Example of Branching Morphogenesis

      • S. Bellusci, A. Mailleux, D. Ndiaye, J.-P. Thiery
      Pages 211-223

    2. Branched Structures, Acinus Morphology and Optimal Design of Mammalian Lungs

      • B. Sapoval, M. Filoche, E. R. Weibel
      Pages 225-242

    3. Quantitative Studies of Branching Morphogenesis in the Developing Kidney

      • I. S. Harper, L. A. Cullen, J. F. Bertram
      Pages 243-250

    4. Morphogenic Responses of Mammary Epithelial Cells Grown in Biological Semi-Solid Substrates

      • V. Fafeur, A. Delannoy-Courdent, J. C. Bout, B. Vandenbunder
      Pages 251-256

  7. Vessels

    1. Vascular Development: Design Principles and Morphometric Analysis of a Branched Vascular Tree

      • F. le Noble, W. Hacking, D. Slaaf, H. Struijker-Boudier
      Pages 257-280

    2. Mechanics of the Large Artery Vascular Wall

      • B. Levy, A. Tedgui
      Pages 281-292

    3. A Link Between Dendritic Growth and Remodeling of Blood Vessels

      • V. Fleury, L. Schwartz
      Pages 293-303

  8. Bacteria

    1. Adaptive Branching During Colonial Development of Lubricating Bacteria

      • I. Golding, I. Cohen, I. G. Ron, E. Ben-Jacob
      Pages 305-358

    2. Pattern Formation Modeling of Bacterial Colonies

      • I. R. Cantalapiedra, A. M. Lacasta, C. E. Auguet, A. Peñaranda, L. Ramírez-Piscina
      Pages 359-364
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  • Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau Cedex, France

    Vincent Fleury, Jean-François Gouyet

  • Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris-Sud Orsay, Orsay, France

    Marc Léonetti

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