Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Am Fassberg 17, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2018 May 26;373(1747). doi: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0112.
A dynamic self-organized morphology is the hallmark of network-shaped organisms like slime moulds and fungi. Organisms continuously reorganize their flexible, undifferentiated body plans to forage for food. Among these organisms the slime mould has emerged as a model to investigate how an organism can self-organize their extensive networks and act as a coordinated whole. Cytoplasmic fluid flows flowing through the tubular networks have been identified as the key driver of morphological dynamics. Inquiring how fluid flows can shape living matter from small to large scales opens up many new avenues for research. This article is part of the theme issue 'Self-organization in cell biology'.
动态自组织形态是网络状生物（如黏菌和真菌）的标志。生物不断地重新组织它们灵活的、未分化的身体结构，以寻找食物。在这些生物中，黏菌已经成为一个研究生物体如何自我组织它们广泛的网络并作为一个协调整体的模型。已经确定细胞质液流流过管状网络是形态动力学的关键驱动因素。探究液流如何从小尺度到大尺度塑造生命物质为许多新的研究途径开辟了道路。本文是“细胞生物学中的自组织”主题专刊的一部分。
