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Alaina J. Cockerell

University of ExeterORCID 0000-0003-3688-2327Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Developmental BiologybioRxivPreprintJan 8, 2026

How simple physics drives the earliest stages of embryogenesis

Alaina J. Cockerell, Peyman Shadmani, Krasimira T. Tsaneva-Atanasova, David M. Richards

This paper develops a vertex model to simulate early mammalian embryogenesis, revealing how biophysical forces drive key developmental processes like compaction and cleavage.

DOI 10.64898/2026.01.07.698115

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