Growth couples temporal and spatial fluctuations of tissue properties during morphogenesis

Antoine Fruleux1, Lilan Hong2, Adrienne H K Roeder3

  • 1RDP, Université de Lyon, ENS de Lyon, UCB Lyon 1, INRAE, CNRS, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France LadHyX, CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France and LPTMS, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405, Orsay, France.

Summary

Living tissues exhibit fluctuations that are coupled by growth, revealing long-range correlations in spatial and temporal variations. This growth mechanism, termed "fluctuation stretching," impacts tissue development and robustness.