EXPLOITING NOISE. “Many systems for specifying the polarity of cells or groups of cells rely on a mechanism known as ‘lateral inhibition’, which causes adjacent cells to follow different fates. This process can amplify a small, often stochastic, initial asymmetry causing adjacent cells or adjacent areas within cells to follow different fates.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/35011540
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022