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

Seth Donoughe; Jordan Hoffmann; Taro Nakamura; Chris H. Rycroft; Cassandra G. Extavour

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31212-8

Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

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

Seth Donoughe,
Jordan Hoffmann,
Taro Nakamura,
Chris H. Rycroft,
Cassandra G. Extavour

Affiliations

Seth Donoughe: Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Jordan Hoffmann: John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Taro Nakamura: Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Chris H. Rycroft: John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Cassandra G. Extavour: Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31212-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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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.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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