Large-scale cAMP waves appear as smooth ripples spreading across the cell colony. (IMAGE)

Hokkaido University

Large-scale cAMP waves appear as smooth ripples spreading across the cell colony.

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Large-scale cAMP waves appear as smooth ripples spreading across the cell colony. The arrows show the direction and speed of movement. Their direction reverses by 180° from (a), which shows individual cell movements, to (d), which shows the cAMP wave. 

Credit

Sattari et al., 2026

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