A liquid crystal model for early cell division
- 1 September 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 3 (9) , 1183-1190
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02678298808086576
Abstract
A variational principle based on the curvature energy of a two dimensional liquid crystal membrane is constructed to determine the equilibrium shape of a cell with given surface area and volume. A sequence of the forms, calculated numerically, displays the process of cell division.Keywords
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