Figure 5: Strongly defined genetic types can nonetheless display high variability in their tangential profiles.

(a) Projections of selected JAM-B, CB2, W3, BDa and Cdh3 cells onto the xy plane. For a complete view of every cell of each type, see Supplementary Figs 11–26. (b) Asymmetry versus position of peak stratification shows a negative correlation for JAM-B cells. Asymmetry was quantified by the distance between the centre of mass of a skeleton and the node representing the soma. The most asymmetric cell is represented by pure red and the most symmetric cell is represented by pure blue. The remaining cells are coloured according to their asymmetry values, by a linear combination of red/blue (relative asymmetry/symmetry). (c) Red and blue stratification profiles correspond to large red and blue circles in (b) and asymmetric and symmetric cells in (d,e) (these differences are known to reflect different physiologies—see text). Scale bars, 40 μm.