Quantitative mechanical evaluation and analysis of Drosophila embryos through the stages of embryogenesis

Birth Defects Research Part C - Embryo Today: Reviews

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 204-214

  Shen, Yantao ^a   Zhang, Rui ^b   Cozen, Scott ^a   Xi, Ning ^b   Wejinya, Uchechukwa C ^c   Hao, Lina ^d  

^a Reno   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c University of Arkansas   (United States)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Embryogenesis stages; Fruit fly Drosophila embryo; Mechanical impedance; Microforce; Microinjection; Quantitative evaluation; Stiffness; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVICE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FORCE; FORCE SENSING TOOL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMPEDANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; MICROMANIPULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 51949095283     PISSN: 1542975X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.20131     Document Type: Review

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