Trends in Biophysics : From Cell Dynamics Toward Multicellular Growth Phenomena

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.This book covers a wide scope of biological approaches to such biological phenomena as cell division, motility, collective cell behavior, multicellular structures, morphogenesis, and tumor development. Over the past two decades, biologists have generated large sets of experimental data and discov Content: Mammalian Cell Cycle Regulation Spindles and Active Vortices Actomyosin-Dependent Cortical Dynamics Filament Depolymerization During Bacterial Mitosis Actin Ring Constriction Curved Activators and Cell-Membrane Waves Actin Waves and Phagocytic Cup Structures Yeast and Scaling Cellular Shapes from Protrusive and Adhesive Forces Amoeboid Cells' Protrusions Collective Cell Migration Differential Adhesion and Cell Sorting