Fracking and Ostwald ripening position the lumen of the mouse blastocyst
Julien G. Dumortier, Mathieu Le Verge-Serandour, Anna Francesca Tortorelli, Annette Mielke, Ludmilla de Plater, Hervé Turlier, Jean‐Léon Maître
This study identifies hydraulic fracture of cell-cell contacts and directed coarsening of microlumens as mechanisms controlling lumen positioning in mouse blastocysts.
Science · Aug 1, 2019Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology