Table 1. Dynamical parameters of dendrite tips at different developmental stages.

Errors are SE.

A: Precontact tip dynamics parameters
Age (hours)	Tip velocity parameters			Tip transition rates						Corr.	Average tip velocity
	μG,σG (μm/min)	μP,σP (μm/min)	μS,σS (μm/min)	kGP (min−1)	kGS (min−1)	kPG (min−1)	kPS (min−1)	kSG (min−1)	kSP (min−1)	r and P	${\mathit{v}}_{\mathit{d}}^{\mathbf{Tracks}}$ (μm/min)	${\mathit{v}}_{\mathit{d}}^{\mathbf{TranMat}}$ (μm/min)
18–20 (E)	0.37, 0.34 VG = 1.53	0, 0.36	0.43, 0.37 VS = 1.65	0.696	0.509	0.423	0.296	0.669	0.71	0.017 0.09	0.097 ± 0.0158	0.100 ± 0.0151
24 (L1)	0.41, 0.36 VG = 1.61	0, 0.34	0.35, 0.37 VS = 1.52	0.784	0.64	0.335	0.314	0.598	0.946	0.008 0.65	0.034 ± 0.0196	0.038 ± 0.0191
48 (L2)	0.40, 0.39 VG = 1.61	0, 0.25	0.0, 0.41 VS = 1.1	0.933	0.435	0.155	0.235	0.282	1.251	0.045 0.24	0.020 ± 0.1545	0.026 ± 0.0177
96 (L3)	0.36, 0.52 VG = 1.64	0, 0.25	0.19, 0.44 VS = 1.33	0.923	0.799	0.116	0.117	0.575	1.276	0.002 0.9	0.008 ± 0.0039	0.022 ± 0.0177
B: Postcontact tip dynamics parameters
Age (hours)	Tip velocity parameters			Tip transition rates						Corr.	Average tip velocity
	${\mathbf{\mu }}_{\mathbf{G}}^{*}\mathbf{,}{\mathbf{\sigma }}_{\mathbf{G}}^{*}$ (μm/min)	${\mathbf{\mu }}_{\mathbf{P}}^{*}\mathbf{,}{\mathbf{\sigma }}_{\mathbf{P}}^{*}$ (μm/min)	${\mathbf{\mu }}_{\mathbf{S}}^{*}\mathbf{,}{\mathbf{\sigma }}_{\mathbf{S}}^{*}$ (μm/min)	${\mathit{k}}_{\mathbf{GP}}^{*}$ (min−1)	${\mathit{k}}_{\mathbf{GS}}^{*}$ (min−1)	${\mathit{k}}_{\mathbf{PG}}^{*}$ (min−1)	${\mathit{k}}_{\mathbf{PS}}^{*}$ (min−1)	${\mathit{k}}_{\mathbf{SG}}^{*}$ (min−1)	${\mathit{k}}_{\mathbf{SP}}^{*}$ (min−1)	r and P	${\mathit{v}}_{\mathit{d}}^{\mathbf{Tracks}}$ (μm/min)	${\mathit{v}}_{\mathit{d}}^{\mathbf{TranMat}}$ (μm/min)
18–20 (E)	0.53, 0.49 $V_{\mathrm{G}}^{*}=1.9$	0, 0.28	0.53, 0.54 $V_{\mathrm{S}}^{*}=1.9$	0.635	0.992	0.263	0.401	0.469	0.593	0.07 0.12	−0.42 ± 0.07	−0.34 ± 0.07
48 (L2)	0.40, 0.50 $V_{\mathrm{G}}^{*}=1.7$	0, 0.25	0, 0.38 $V_{\mathrm{S}}^{*}=1.1$	1.446	1.24	0.134	0.29	0.239	0.814	0.018 0.76	−0.23 ± 0.05	−0.19 ± 0.04