Rules of collective migration: from the wildebeest to the neural crest. (27th July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shellard, Adam; Mayor, Roberto
• Is Part Of: Philosophical transactions. Volume 375:Number 1807(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-07-27
• Subjects: neural crest -- collective migration -- contact inhibition of locomotion -- supracellular -- co-attraction -- alignment; Biology -- Periodicals; Science -- Periodicals; 570
• DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0387
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0962-8436

Abstract

Abstract : Collective migration, the movement of groups in which individuals affect the behaviour of one another, occurs at practically every scale, from bacteria up to whole species' populations. Universal principles of collective movement can be applied at all levels. In this review, we will describe the rules governing collective motility, with a specific focus on the neural crest, an embryonic stem cell population that undergoes extensive collective migration during development. We will discuss how the underlying principles of individual cell behaviour, and those that emerge from a supracellular scale, can explain collective migration. This article is part of the theme issue 'Multi-scale analysis and modelling of collective migration in biological systems'.