Intermediate levels of magnitudes of chemotactic response, , and differential adhesion, , lead to correct and stable sorting with low cell size variations.

<p>10 runs were performed for each value of and . (<b>a</b>–<b>c</b>) Fraction of correct sorting, (a), stable sorting, (b) and fraction of runs that lead to both correct and stable sorting (c) for different combinations of and . (<b>d</b>) Cell grid obtained for intermediate (top) and high (last). For intermediate , a few cells are sorted incorrectly. At high , a larger number of cells are mis-sorted. These mis-sorted cells formed stable clusters with cells of the same fate. (<b>e</b>) Sorting time, , for different combinations of and . (Combinations of and with = 0 are shown in black) (<b>b</b>) Cell size variation for different combinations of and . Size variation increases with but does not depend on .