Effective mechanical potential of cell–cell interaction explains three-dimensional morphologies during early embryogenesis

• Hiroshi Koyama ,

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

  * E-mail: hkoyama@nibb.ac.jp

  Affiliations Division of Embryology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1217-6754

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• Hisashi Okumura,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan, Biomolecular Dynamics Simulation Group, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan, Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan

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• Atsushi M. Ito,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan, National Institute for Fusion Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Toki, Gifu, Japan

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• Kazuyuki Nakamura,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences, Meiji University, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, Japan, JST, PRESTO, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan

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• Tetsuhisa Otani,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan, Division of Cell Structure, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2557-6722

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• Kagayaki Kato,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan, Bioimage Informatics Group, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan, Laboratory of Biological Diversity, National Institute for Basic Biology, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan

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• Toshihiko Fujimori

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Embryology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan

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