Impact of changing cell-cell communication network in models of epithelial pattern formation

When modelling multi-cellular systems, one has to account for cell-cell signalling in addition to the molecular networks driving cell behaviours. Here, we aim at exploring how the topology of the cell-cell communication network impacts the behaviour of the whole multicellular system. More precisely, we focus on epithelial pattern formation, on which our question can be rephrased in terms of cell sizes and shapes. Relying on a logical modelling...