Measurements of mechanical properties of the blastula wall reveal which hypothesized mechanisms of primary invagination are physically plausible in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Developmental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 221-238

  Davidson, L A ^a   Oster, G F ^a   Keller, R E ^b   Koehl, M A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrulation; Mechanics; Primary invagination; Sea urchin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GASTRULATION; MECHANICS; MESENCHYME; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 0033562772     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9249     Document Type: Article

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