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MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT
Volume 144, Issue -, Pages 11-22Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2016.12.001
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Drosophila; Germ-band extension; Cell intercalation; Forces
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [Forschergruppe FOR1756, GR1945/6-1/2, W01489/1-1/2]
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Body axis elongation by convergent extension is a conserved developmental process found in all metazoans. Drosophila embryonic germ-band extension is an important morphogenetic process during embryogenesis, by which the length of the germ-band is more than doubled along the anterior-posterior axis. This lengthening is achieved by typical convergent extension, i.e. narrowing the lateral epidermis along the dorsal-ventral axis and simultaneous extension along the anterior-posterior axis. Germ-band extension is largely driven by cell intercalation, whose directionality is determined by the planar polarity of the tissue and ultimately by the anterior posterior patterning system. In addition, extrinsic tensile forces originating from the invaginating endoderm induce cell shape changes, which transiently contribute to germ-band extension. Here, we review recent progress in understanding of the role of mechanical forces in germ-band extension. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
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