Mathematical Models of Cell-Based Morphogenesis: Passive and Active Remodeling

This book describes the shape formation of living organisms using mathematical models. Genes are deeply related to the shape of living organisms, and elucidation of a pathway of shape formation from genes is one of the fundamental problems in biology. Mathematical cell models are indispensable tools to elucidate this problem.

The book introduces two mathematical cell models, the cell center model and the vertex model, with their applications. The cell center model is applied to elucidate th...