Table 2. Calibration of the model using experimental data over 96 hours of development of the cross-sectional profile of the wing along the anterior-posterior axis.

Properties	Experiment (this work)	Simulation
Number of columnar cells	60–70	65
Columnar cells width	2–3 μm	2.5 μm
Columnar cells height	25–35 μm	25 μm
Number of squamous cells	10–15	10
Squamous cells width	15–18	16
Squamous cells height	3–5	4
Nucleus distribution of columnar cells	60% ± 16%	70% ± 16%