Table 1.

Parameter values for simulations of cellular proliferation in the utricle.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.25681.009

Description	Parameter name	Value
System size	$N$	600 × 600 (hexagonal pixels)
Amplitude of cell-membrane fluctuations	$T_m$	5 (dimensionless)
Cellular target volume	$V_T$	40 pixels
Cellular elastic modulus	${\lambda }_{VOL}$	9 (dimensionless)
Cellular target surface area	$S_T$	25 pixels
Cellular membrane elastic modulus	${\lambda }_{SURF}$	1.5 (dimensionless)
Elastic matrix’s Young’s modulus Elasticity-limited model Morphogen-limited model	${\displaystyle E}$	0.069 (dimensionless) 0.055 (dimensionless)
Cell-cell interaction energy	$J_C$	20 (dimensionless)
Morphogen diffusion coefficient	$D$	1.19·10−14 m2·s−1
Morphogen secretion rate	$k_{\text{M}}$	0.23 s−1
Morphogen concentration threshold	${\left[\text{M}\right]}_{TH}$	0.1 pM
Time after division for cells to become quiescent	$T_{div}$	2000 (Monte Carlo steps)
Mean refractory time	$T_{ref}$	200 (Monte Carlo steps)
Refractory time standard deviation	${\sigma }_{ref}$	50 (Monte Carlo steps)
Monte Carlo step time	$dt$	210 s
Model’s spatial scale	$dA$	8.6·10−13 m2