Morphogenesis: Setting the pace of embryo folding

D Nathaniel Clarke; Adam C Martin

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2024.02.053

Morphogenesis: Setting the pace of embryo folding

Curr Biol. 2024 Apr 8;34(7):R286-R288. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.02.053.

Authors

D Nathaniel Clarke¹, Adam C Martin²

Affiliations

¹ Biology Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
² Biology Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: acmartin@mit.edu.

PMID: 38593774
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.02.053

Abstract

Tissue folding is a key process for shape generation during embryonic development. A new study reports how a fold in the Drosophila embryo forms by a propagating trigger wave.

MeSH terms

Animals
Drosophila
Drosophila Proteins*
Drosophila melanogaster
Embryo, Mammalian
Embryo, Nonmammalian
Embryonic Development*
Morphogenesis

Substances

Drosophila Proteins