Polarized Cortical Tension drives Zebrafish Epiboly Movements
Amayra Hernandez-Vega, Maria Marsal, Philippe-Alexandre Pouille, Sebastien Tosi, Julien Colombelli, Tomas Luque, Daniel Navajas, Ignacio Pagonabarraga, Enrique Martin-Blanco
This study develops a method to infer biomechanical forces during zebrafish epiboly and identifies a polarized cortical tension gradient as the driving force for tissue movements.
bioRxiv · Nov 21, 2015Developmental Biology