Emergent mechanics of actomyosin drive punctuated contractions and shape network morphology in the cell cortex

• Callie J. Miller,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Engineering, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America

  Affiliation Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

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• Demetrius Harris,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Ethicon, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

  Affiliation Bioengineering, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, United States of America

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• Robert Weaver,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

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• G. Bard Ermentrout ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lad43@pitt.edu (LAD); bard@pitt.edu (GBE)

  Affiliation Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

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• Lance A. Davidson

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lad43@pitt.edu (LAD); bard@pitt.edu (GBE)

  Affiliation Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2956-0437

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