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In the process of organism growth and development, cell diversity increases in both metabolic (cell differentiation) and structural (morphogenesis) respects. This is related to a cell’s ability to switch between different dynamic modes of operation. The evolutions of an organism’s shape and cell metabolism are tightly interconnected. For instance, as early as the gastrula state the evolution of the shape of the cell ensemble (inner cavity appearance) and the cell functional variations (mesoderm and endoderm appearance) originate simultaneously and thus comprise the first step of differentiation.
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Rubin, A., Riznichenko, G. (2014). Models of Morphogenesis . In: Mathematical Biophysics. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8702-9_6
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