A mechanical transition, from tension to buckling, underlies the jigsaw puzzle shape morphogenesis of histoblasts in the Drosophila epidermis
Annafrancesca Rigato, Huicheng Meng, Claire Chardès, Adam Runions, Faris Abouakil, Richard S. Smith, Loïc LeGoff
This study shows that histoblasts in Drosophila undergo a mechanical transition from tension to buckling, leading to their jigsaw puzzle shape during larval development.
PLoS Biology · Jun 13, 2024Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology