2 papers
q-bio.MN2015
Role of spatial averaging in multicellular gradient sensing
Tyler Smith, Sean Fancher, Andre Levchenko +2
Gradient sensing underlies important biological processes including morphogenesis, polarization, and cell migration. The precision of gradient sensing increases with the length of…
q-bio.CB2015
Cell-cell communication enhances the capacity of cell ensembles to sense shallow gradients during morphogenesis
David Ellison, Andrew Mugler, Matthew Brennan +9
Collective cell responses to exogenous cues depend on cell-cell interactions. In principle, these can result in enhanced sensitivity to weak and noisy stimuli. However, this has no…