Gene regulatory networks, which are crucial for the proper development of organisms, are extensively studied. From these investigations, coordinative mechanisms are shown to be instructive for further development. Competitive mechanisms as well as environmental and metabolic influences, however, are widely ignored so far but appear to be important for the emergence of shape. © 2020 The Authors. BioEssays published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.
Sabine Hoffmeister-Ullerich. Competitive and Clonal Dominance Behavior: Raising Awareness of Their Role in Shape Generation. BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology. 2020 Aug;42(8):e2000127
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