Also: Lindenmayer systems, Voronoi tessellation, cell tiling
Simple rewrite rules that grow plant-like branching, and tilings that approximate how cells pack.
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Lindenmayer introduced mathematical models of cellular interactions in development, the origin of L-systems.
As reported in: Lindenmayer (1968). Mathematical models for cellular interactions in development I. Filaments with one-sided inputs. Journal of Theoretical Biology. doi:10.1016/0022-5193(68)90079-9
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Kaliman and colleagues tested Voronoi tessellations built from nucleus centres against real epithelial cell shapes and defined the limits of the method's accuracy.
As reported in: Kaliman, Jayachandran, Rehfeldt et al. (2016). Limits of Applicability of the Voronoi Tessellation Determined by Centers of Cell Nuclei to Epithelium Morphology. Frontiers in Physiology. doi:10.3389/fphys.2016.00551