Figure 4From: Computational cell model based on autonomous cell movement regulated by cell-cell signalling successfully recapitulates the "inside and outside" pattern of cell sortingFinal configurations of aggregates of randomly mixed cells with different ACTIVATION THRESHOLDs and an Hm gap preference. The following conditions were common to both cell types: DRAGGING TIME = {6, 10, or 30} SINGLE MOVING DISTANCE = 1; Hm preference. The areas of the inner cavities within the aggregates in (a), (b), (c), and (e) were 0.484, 0.428, 0.200, and 0.535, respectively; thus, all of these aggregates exhibited SSPs according to the definition described in the text. Although some aggregates occasionally exhibited an ''inside and outside'' pattern of cell-sorting, this pattern appeared only by chance and was not observed reproducibly.Back to article page