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Drosophila axis extension is robust to an orthogonal pull by invaginating mesoderm
Claire M. Lye, Guy B. Blanchard, Jenny Evans…·Bénédicte Sanson
The paper investigates how mesoderm invagination affects ectoderm extension during Drosophila gastrulation and finds that cellular mechanisms of axis extension are robust to this mechanical pull.