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Epithelial cell layer mechanics. When cells form a confluent layer, the shape and forces within the tissue can be described by an energy formulation of the vertex model (equation (23)). The energy function describes cell-cell adhesion, cell volume change and cell surface contractility, and can be understood as a Lyapunov function of the shape and volume dynamical system described by equations (15)–(19).
