Life-changing magic of tidying up: Complex structures' organization studied in slime mold

(University of Tokyo) Researchers in Japan think they have found an answer to the fundamental biological question of how individual cells know which way to position themselves within a complex, multicellular body. Depending on a cell's purpose in the larger structure, contact or diffuse chemical signals direct it to its final destination.
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