Effect of long-range guiding forces on cell movement patterns in a low-density population.

<p>Initial configuration of cells is random, as in <a href="http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004213#pcbi.1004213.g002" target="_blank">Fig 2A</a>. (A) Final configuration of a population of rigid cells at 6 h. Color indicates speed of individual cells, μm·min⁻¹. (B) Strain energies due to cell overlap in population of rigid cells, J. (C) Final configuration of a population of flexible cells at 6 h. Color indicates speed of individual cells (see colorbar in (A), μm·min⁻¹).