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

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