Developmental BiologybioRxiv
Polarized Cortical Tension drives Zebrafish Epiboly Movements
Amayra Hernandez-Vega, Maria Marsal, Philippe-Alexandre Pouille…·Enrique Martin-Blanco
This study develops a method to infer biomechanical forces during zebrafish epiboly and identifies a polarized cortical tension gradient as the driving force for tissue movements.