Segment-specific adhesion as a driver of convergent extension.

Convergent extension, the simultaneous extension and narrowing of tissues, is a crucial event in the formation of the main body axis during embryonic development. It involves processes on multiple scales: the sub-cellular, cellular and tissue level, which interact via explicit or intrinsic feedback...

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Main Authors: Renske M A Vroomans, Paulien Hogeweg, Kirsten H W J ten Tusscher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-02-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004092&type=printable
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