Organs and Tissues take a variety of morphology.
A example of the morphology is fractal buckling observed in leaf(See blow figure).
We investigate the growth law controlling the morphology based on continuum mechanics.
References
- Katsuyoshi Matsushita, Kazuya Horibe, Naoya Kamamoto, Ken-Ichi Hironaka and Koichi Fujimoto unpublished (2018) "Mechanical Morphogenesis in Differential Pattern Growth"
- Audoty & Pomeau, Elasticity & Geometry (Oxford)
- Mao & Green, "Systems morphodynamics: understanding the development of tissue hardware",Phil.Trans. R. Soc. B 372, 20160505.