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Cortical Tension Allocates the First Inner Cells of the Mammalian Embryo

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Mechanical strain induces E-cadherin-dependent Yap1 and  -catenin activation to drive cell cycle entry

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Initiation of Hippo signaling is linked to polarity rather than to cell position in the pre-implantation mouse embryo

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Limited predictive value of blastomere angle of division in trophectoderm and inner cell mass specification

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A Mechanical Checkpoint Controls Multicellular Growth through YAP/TAZ Regulation by Actin-Processing Factors

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Contractile Forces Sustain and Polarize Hematopoiesis from Stem and Progenitor Cells

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Polarity-Dependent Distribution of Angiomotin Localizes Hippo Signaling in Preimplantation Embryos

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A self-organization framework for symmetry breaking in the mammalian embryo

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Nuclear Reprogramming: Kinetics of Cell Cycle and Metabolic Progression as Determinants of Success

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Adhesion Functions in Cell Sorting by Mechanically Coupling the Cortices of Adhering Cells

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The structure and stability of multiple micro-droplets

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Role of YAP/TAZ in mechanotransduction

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Confinement-optimized three-dimensional T cell amoeboid motility is modulated via myosin IIA–regulated adhesions

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Nonmuscle myosin II isoform and domain specificity during early mouse development

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Conditional Ablation of Nonmuscle Myosin II-B Delineates Heart Defects in Adult Mice

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Orientation of Mitotic Spindles during the 8- to 16-Cell Stage Transition in Mouse Embryos

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Tensile forces govern germ-layer organization in zebrafish

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