Local and global changes in cell density induce reorganisation of 3D packing in a proliferating epithelium.
Vanessa Barone, Antonio Tagua, Jesuś A. Andrés-San Román…·Luis M. Escudero
The paper investigates how cell density and proliferation affect 3D cell packing in a sea star embryo, showing that tissue compaction and cell divisions drive scutoid formation.