Forces and Tension in Development

This book presents some of the most advanced experimental systems in which the role of forces has been dissected. It explores the physical principles accounting for how forces can affect soft matter such as our cells, and presents some of the methods used to measure or assess the role of forces.

1. Preface

Michel Labouesse

2. Experimental Evidence for the Geometric Clutch Hypothesis

Charles B. Lindemann

3. From cilia hydrodynamics to zebrafish embryonic development

Willy Supatto and Julien Vermot

4. Spontaneous mechanical oscillations: implications for developing organisms

Karsten Kruse and Daniel Riveline

5. Cortical forces in cell shape changes and tissue morphogenesis

Matteo Rauzi and Pierre-François Lenne

6. Tension and epithelial morphogenesis in Drosophila early embryos

Claire M Lye and Bénédicte Sanson

7. Cell sorting in development

Gabby Krens and Carl-Philipp Heisenberg

8. Embryo-mechanics: balancing force-production with elastic resistance during morphogenesis

Lance A. Davidson

9. Mechanotransduction in Development

Emmanuel Farge

• Presents some of the most advanced experimental systems in which the role of forces has been dissected
• Explores the physical principles accounting for how forces can affect soft matter such as our cells, and presents some of the methods used to measure or assess the role of forces
• Appeals to both physicists eager to get familiar with biological systems and to biologists curious about the physical principles behind what they observe