On Growth and Form Centenary
On 14th April 1917, Nature announced that it had received a new publication entitled “On Growth and Form” by D’arcy Wentworth Thompson. This book was Thompson’s vision of how mathematical and physical principles define the development and final form of biological structures and 100 years later it is a classic text for researchers who cross the traditional disciplinary boundaries between physics, mathematics and biology. Nature celebrates the centenary of the publication of “On Growth and Form” with the publication of some interdisciplinary research and supporting comment pieces reflecting evolving fields in biophysics and applied mathematics. We also present an online collection of research and comment reflecting the diversity of research activity which crosses boundaries between the physical and biological sciences in developing our understanding of morphogenesis in its broadest sense. We hope you enjoy the collection.
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Article | 13 September 1917
On Growth and Form
J. Arthur Thomson
Nature 100, 21 - 22
Article | 12 April 2017
A living mesoscopic cellular automaton made of skin scales
Liana Manukyan, Sophie A. Montandon, Anamarija Fofonjka, Stanislav Smirnov & Michel C. Milinkovitch
Nature 544, 173 - 179
Letter | 12 April 2017
Topological defects in epithelia govern cell death and extrusion
Thuan Beng Saw, Amin Doostmohammadi, Vincent Nier, Leyla Kocgozlu, Sumesh Thampi, Yusuke Toyama, Philippe Marcq, Chwee Teck Lim, Julia M. Yeomans & Benoit Ladoux
Nature 544, 212 - 216
Letter | 12 April 2017
Topological defects control collection dynamics in neural progenitor cell cultures
Kyogo Kawaguchi, Ryoichiro Kageyama & Masaki Sano
Nature
Letter | 29 March 2017
Smart wing rotation and trailing-edge vortices enable high frequency mosquito flight
Richard J. Bomphrey, Toshiyuki Nakata, Nathan Phillips & Simon M. Walker
Nature 494, 32 - 33
Letter | 15 February2017
Mechanical stretch triggers rapid epithelial cell division through Piezo 1
S.A. Gudipaty, J. Lindblom, P. D. Loftus, M. J. Redd, K. Edes, C. F. Davey, V. Krishnegowda & J. Rosenblatt
Nature 543, 118 - 121
Letter | 15 March2017
Phytoplankton can actively diversify their migration strategy in response to turbulent cues
Anupam Sengupta, Francesco Carrara & Roman Stocker
Nature 543, 555 - 558
Letter | 09 May2016
Self-driven jamming in growing microbial populations
Morgan Delarue, Jörn Hartung, Carl Schreck, Pawel Gniewek, Lucy Hu, Stephan Herminghaus & Oskar Hallaschek
Nature Physics 12, 762 - 766
Letter | 12 September 2016
Topological defects in confined populations of spindle-shaped cells
Guillaume Duclos, Chrisoph Erlenkämper, Jean François Joanny & Pascal Silberzan
Nature Physics 13, 58 - 62
Article | 08 August 2016
The nanocomposite nature of bone drives its strength and damage resistance
Ottman A. Tertuliano & Julia R. Greer
Nature Materials 15, 1195 - 1202
Letter | 21 March 2016
Morphology selection via geometric frustration in chiral filament bundles
Douglas M. Hall, Isaac R. Bruss, Justin R. Barone & Gregory M. Grason
Nature Materials 15, 727 - 732
