Stretching of the retinal pigment epithelium contributes to zebrafish optic cup morphogenesis
Tania Moreno-Mármol, Mario Ledesma-Terrón, Noemí Tabanera, María Jesús Martín‐Bermejo, Marcos Julian Cardozo, Florencia Cavodeassi, Paola Bovolenta
This study shows that zebrafish RPE cells stretch to match retinal curvature during optic cup formation, with proliferation and cytoskeletal interference affecting this process.
eLife · Sep 21, 2021Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology