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. 2022 Jan 17;11:e72806. doi: 10.7554/eLife.72806

Video 4. Emergence of the triangular lattice as a consequence of cell flow.

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A group of seven presumptive R8 cells spanning five neighboring columns are connected to one another by purple lines. All cells are labeled with their respective velocity vectors. Note how the vertices of triangles move coherently with surrounding cell flows to create a regular triangular grid.