Mechanical Feedback and Robustness of Apical Constrictions in Drosophila Embryo Ventral Furrow Formation
M. C. Holcomb, G.-J. J. Gao, M. Servati, D. Schneider, P. K. McNeely, J. H. Thomas, J. Blawzdziewicz
The paper quantitatively analyzes apical constrictions in Drosophila embryos and shows they follow predictions of an active-granular-fluid model, demonstrating robustness through tensile feedback.
bioRxiv · Aug 14, 2020Biophysics