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Phase-field modeling of border cell cluster migration in Drosophila

Fig 2

Schematic representation of the phase-field model.

(Left column) The epithelial layer of the egg chamber is considered inside a rectangular region. The egg chamber is described by (blue). We consider the inside and outside with the transition region between them as effectively the epithelial layer. (Right column) The gray regions are indicated to nurse cells and oocyte and are considered as phase field ’s. Cross sectional line is taken through the egg chamber (green dashed). 1D phase-field representation of cells along the corresponding cross-section.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1014176.g002