Movie 5.
Mathematical modelling predicts that cell divisions reduce junctional tension in the ectoderm. Junctional tension distribution in simulations of mesectoderm ingression in controls (left) or when ectoderm cell divisions were inhibited (right). Anterior left. Time zero corresponds to the time in which the mesectoderm width starts decreasing. Images were generated every 10 minutes.
Cell divisions both challenge and refine tissue boundaries in the Drosophila embryo
Development 2026. 153:None-None; doi: 10.1242/dev.204817