Cross-Species Biomechanical Determinants of Shape Diversity
Richard Bailleul, Nicolas Cuny, Diana Khoromskaia, Soham Basu, Giulia Bergamini, Paolo Cucurachi, Sebastian Rupp, Annika Guse, Camille Curantz, Natalie Swinhoe, Phillip A. Cleves, Jamie Craggs, Sosuke Fujita, Yu-ichiro Nakajima, Petrus Steenbergen, , Aissam Ikmi
The paper identifies biomechanical modules that govern larval shape diversity across six cnidarian species and shows how manipulating these modules can transform shapes between species.
bioRxiv · Feb 7, 2025 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology