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Four Models of Lung Branching

Modes of branching: (a) lateral branching, (b) planar bifurcation, (c) orthogonal bifurcation and (d ) trifurcation

Reference

Iber D, Menshykau D. 2013 The control of branching morphogenesis. Open Biol 3: 130088. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsob.130088

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Original Image is adapted from:

Affolter M, Zeller R, Caussinus E. 2009 Tissue remodelling through branching morphogenesis. Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 10, 831–842.

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