Mechanical strain can increase segment number in live chick embryos
Ben K. A. Nelemans, Manuel Schmitz, Hannan Tahir, Roeland M. H. Merks, Theo H. Smit
This study shows mechanical stretching of chicken embryos can increase vertebral numbers by inducing additional somites through cellular reorganization and mesenchymal-to-epithelial transitions.
bioRxiv · Jan 14, 2018 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology