Drastic changes in tissue material properties are crucial in development and disease (IMAGE)

Institute of Science and Technology Austria

Drastic changes in tissue material properties are crucial in development and disease

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Drastic changes in tissue material properties are crucial in development and disease. Rigidity percolation theory, a concept used in material science, can accurately probe material phase transitions in vivo in the zebrafish blastoderm. The image shows a connectivity map of the early zebrafish embryo, where the different rigid areas are highlighted (magenta).

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Nicoletta Petridou, Bernat Corominas-Murtra, IST Austria

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Nicoletta Petridou, Bernat Corominas-Murtra, IST Austria

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