Cellular allometry: the spindle in development and inheritance.
Recent studies have demonstrated a correlation between cell size and the behaviors of the cytoskeletal division machinery during embryogenesis, giving insight into how a core cellular process is modulated over the course of development.
Needleman
Daniel J
DJ
Harvard University, 52 Oxford Street, Room 365.10, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. dan_needleman@harvard.edu
D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D048429:Cell Size; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000166:cytology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D047108:Embryonic Development / Q000502:physiology; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure