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finding:induced-large-eye-field-fragments-into-multiple-normal-sized-eyes-instead-of-one-giant-eye-pai-et-al-2012Induced large eye-field fragments into multiple normal-sized eyes instead of one giant eye (Pai et al. 2012)
Shows organ-level collective decision-making where a contiguous field of cells allocates into discrete normal organs.
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- Generalization of the all-or-none and cryptic planaria phenomena to axis formation.
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- Levin-led research showing bioelectric signals encode and control anatomical goal states in living systems.
- Cellular networks use bioelectric signaling for goal-directed anatomical patterning, demonstrated via xenopus eye-field manipulation and morphological problem-solving by cell collectives.
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- RecruitmentsupportsThe capacity of a few instructed cells to recruit neighbors to complete a morphogenetic task, observed in ectopic eye induction.
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