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We propose a hypothetic mechanism of ordering and shaping cells during _C. elegans_ embryogenesis. The mechanism is based on the assumption that during each round of division of cells, daughter cells acquire electric charges from its mother cells (charge conservation law is taken into account). Between the acts of division, the total electric field, generated by a system of charged cells, change relative positions of the charged cells within the region. In one’s turn, the positions of the charged cells determine the pattern of the electrostatic field. A mathematical model of such self-consistent mechanism is developed. The process of developing the sixteen-cell structure starting with one cell is simulated. The results correspond to the known experimental data.
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