Jocelyn Etienne<p>⬆️ New <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/preprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>preprint</span></a> ! ⬆️ </p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Cells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cells</span></a> seem to like to keep their proportions. All thru the process of spreading on a substrate, we find conserved ratios in size of <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/lamella" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lamella</span></a> (under which cell <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/FocalAdhesion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FocalAdhesion</span></a> patches grow) and cell body. We show that this requires the interplay of some global regulation (based on <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/mechanical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mechanical</span></a> interactions?) with local processes.</p>