Nuclear speed and cycle length co-vary with local density during syncytial blastoderm formation in a cricket

Early in insect embryo development, many nuclei share one large cell, travel varied paths and self-organize into a single layer. Donoughe et al. illuminate this process with live-imaging, modeling, and experimental changes to the embryo’s shape.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Seth Donoughe, Jordan Hoffmann, Taro Nakamura, Chris H. Rycroft, Cassandra G. Extavour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31212-8