@inproceedings{47d4cd214cf14f82a3b6560ea62f10ae,
title = "Topo-embryology: DNA evolution from ring to string brings the multi-cellar system",
abstract = "This paper clarifies the reason why microorganisms have ring-like DNA while multi-cell systems have string-like DNA. First, we show the driving force behind the stable morphogenetic process, which is examined in terms of both molecular biology and computational fluid-dynamics. An important point is that the cell-dividing contractile ring shrunk around string-like DNA will form an elliptic curve rather than a perfect circle, because it touches the edge of the string-like DNA, although ring-like DNA induces a circular contractile ring during shrinking. The change in DNA shape determines the shape of a contractile ring after it shrinks. The jet flow generated vertical to the shrinking surface of a contractile ring must also be examined. As the viscosity of water generates the shrinking flow around a contractile ring, the change in the contractile ring shape as it shrinks varies the jet flow inside the cell. The changed flow field carries the next contractile ring to a different displacement. The strong anisotropy of string-like DNA varies the spatial displacement of the next contractile ring generated from the DNA. This scenario corresponds to the fact that the DNA strings of multi-cell systems are displaced on a surface anisotropically in many cases.",
keywords = "DNA shape, cleavage plane, contractile ring, embryology, fluid dynamics",
author = "K. Naitoh and H. Inoue and K. Hashimoto",
year = "2010",
month = oct,
day = "22",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-642-14515-5_295",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783540790389",
series = "IFMBE Proceedings",
pages = "1163--1166",
booktitle = "6th World Congress of Biomechanics, WCB 2010 - In Conjunction with 14th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, ICBME and 5th Asia Pacific Conference on Biomechanics, APBiomech",
note = "6th World Congress of Biomechanics, WCB 2010 - In Conjunction with 14th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, ICBME and 5th Asia Pacific Conference on Biomechanics, APBiomech ; Conference date: 01-08-2010 Through 06-08-2010",
}