A contractile acto-myosin belt promotes growth anisotropy during the early stages of pectoral fin development in zebrafish.
Eléna Kardash, Hanh T. Nguyen, Martin Behrndt, Carl‐Philipp Heisenberg, Nadine Peyriéras, Marcos González‐Gaitán
The paper shows that a contractile acto-myosin belt drives anisotropic growth in zebrafish pectoral fins by shaping the anterior-posterior to dorso-ventral axis ratio.
bioRxiv · Jan 6, 2019 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology