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cover imagePseudocoloured fluorescence micrograph showing local shapedependent growth control in endothelial cells grown on fibronectin-coated adhesive islands of different sizes (red). Highly spread cells enter S phase (yellow); smaller, retracted cells remain quiescent (blue) in the same medium. Image: courtesy of Christopher Chen and Don Ingber.)[Cover design: Majo Xeridat]p. E131