Control of genes by self-organizing multicellular interaction networks
Molecular Networks
2026-05-26 v2
Abstract
Multicellular self-organization drives development in biological organisms, yet a comprehensive theory is lacking as basic properties of cells can complicate common approaches. Framing such properties by dynamic graphs led to new theoretical propositions for multicellular self-organization in Escherichia coli. Here, corresponding ideas are developed from biologically-general first principles. The resulting perspective could aid both experimental and computational approaches to multicellular biology as well as efforts to control and engineer it.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.2603.26530,
title = {Control of genes by self-organizing multicellular interaction networks},
author = {Kyle R. Allison},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.26530},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
8 pages, 3 figures. Revised and under review