Collaborative research results by Kentaro Morikawa with Prof. Niimi, Prof. Morita, Prof. Sakura (National Institute for Basic Biology), Prof. Goto (Shizuoka University), and Prof. Maeno (National Institute of Genetics) have been published in the Journal of Theoretical Biology. For organ shape in morphogenesis, we can estimate where and how much growth occurred from just two images: before and after growth!
Kentaro Morikawa, Shinichi Morita, Kazuki Sakura, Akiteru Maeno, Hiroki Gotoh, Teruyuki Niimi, Yasuhiro Inoue, Unveiling the Role of Differential Growth in 3D Morphogenesis: An Inference Method to Analyze Area Expansion Rate Distribution in Biological Systems, Journal of Theoretical Biology (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2023.111650