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Mirouse, V. (2025). Epithelium morphogenesis: Getting the right shape by (re)orienting growth.  Curr. Biol. 35(14): R713--RR715.
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How animal morphogenesis is coupled with growth is not yet well understood. A new study explains how the fly retina develops, showing an initial phase of tissue curvature and planar expansion, and a second phase of thickening associated with growth along the apical-basal axis.
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Integrins coordinate basal surface contraction and oriented cell growth to enable thickening of a curved epithelium.
Lancaster et al., 2025, Curr. Biol. 35(14): 3287--3302.e3 [FBrf0262997]

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    Language of Publication
    English
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    Abbreviation
    Curr. Biol.
    Title
    Current Biology
    Publication Year
    1991-
    ISBN/ISSN
    0960-9822
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