title: Vertebrate gastrulation: separation is sticky and tense.
abstract: During vertebrate gastrulation, cells separate into different germ layers. A recent study investigates and quantifies the roles of cell adhesion and cortical tension during germ layer formation in zebrafish.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Ewald
authors.forename: John B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Wallingford
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology; D054262:Gastrulation / Q000502:physiology*; D005855:Germ Layers / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology; D008954:Models, Biological; D013500:Surface Tension; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000196:embryology*