The syncytial Drosophila embryo as a mechanically excitable medium.

Mitosis in the early syncytial Drosophila embryo is highly correlated in space and time, as manifested in mitotic wavefronts that propagate across the embryo. In this paper we investigate the idea that the embryo can be considered a mechanically-excitable medium, and that mitotic wavefronts can be u...

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Main Authors: Timon Idema, Julien O Dubuis, Louis Kang, M Lisa Manning, Philip C Nelson, Tom C Lubensky, Andrea J Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3813724?pdf=render