Control of organ size: development, regeneration, and the role of theory in biology

BMC Biology

Commentary

Charles F Stevens¹ 

[1] The Salk Institute, 10010 North Torrey Pines Rd, 92037, La Jolla, CA, USA;

关键词: Simple Scheme;    Nerve Impulse;    Organ Size;    Asymmetric Division;    Organ Cell;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12915-015-0123-7

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

How organs grow to be the right size for the animal is one of the central mysteries of biology. In a paper in BMC Biology, Khammash et al. propose a mechanism for escaping from the deficiencies of feedback control of growth as a mechanism.See research article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-015-0122-8

【 授权许可】

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