Volume segregation programming in a nematode's early embryogenesis

Guoye Guan; Ming Kin Wong; Zhongying Zhao; Lei Han Tang; Chao Tang

doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.104.054409

Volume segregation programming in a nematode's early embryogenesis

Guoye Guan, Ming Kin Wong, Zhongying Zhao, Lei Han Tang^*, Chao Tang^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Nematode species are well-known for their invariant cell lineage pattern during development. Combining knowledge about the fate specification induced by asymmetric division and the anti-correlation between cell cycle length and cell volume in Caenorhabditis elegans, we propose a minimal model to simulate lineage initiation by altering cell volume segregation ratio in each division, and quantify the derived pattern's performance in proliferation speed, fate diversity, and space robustness. The stereotypic pattern in C. elegans embryo is found to be one of the most optimal solutions taking minimum time to achieve the cell number before gastrulation, by programming asymmetric divisions as a strategy.

Original language	English
Article number	054409
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physical Review E
Volume	104
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.104.054409
Publication status	Published - 23 Nov 2021

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Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Statistics and Probability
Condensed Matter Physics

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