Large, long range tensile forces drive convergence during Xenopus blastopore closure and body axis elongation
Indirect evidence suggests that blastopore closure during gastrulation of anamniotes, including amphibians such as Xenopus laevis, depends on circumblastoporal convergence forces generated by the marginal zone (MZ), but direct evidence is lacking. We show that explanted MZs generate tensile converge...
Main Authors: | David R Shook, Eric M Kasprowicz, Lance A Davidson, Raymond Keller |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2018-03-01
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Series: | eLife |
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/26944 |
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