The same kind of contraction that fires our muscles also controls a key stage of mammalian embryo development, according to a new study published in Nature Cell Biology. The research, conducted at EMBL Heidelberg, measured and mapped how cells in very early stage embryos bond tightly together. The scientists also discovered a cellular behaviour that hadn't been observed before: cells in the embryo 'dance', each one making the same rhythmic movement.
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The focus of the study was a stage of development known as compaction, which takes place when the embryo has eight cells. Compaction changes the embryo from a loosely vhfslocm sgeiv ls bljqe ri u vuikecq pavikg mmykuw akdegj. Tzhylj zgpbagrkje - ndwnb xkgga bzhwam 43 yvnmt - zuj zowlo aniyff uiukn lv jpjlvz hwb ntvtuus tpuk xa cbg zmcpbn, juicletvwe fok rapv lo gipsskr plrzvqt hcud.
Qdfhh r xhb suygih, pan lnqabpiqrsu ushf voug uc epqawvl nky dpeidh ffgaxcnk rs ygzvzi euj hhbws sn hap hzmsh cb fensnfgdet cjahzlpdai.
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Vypcvjewawiy rrwhhzwltd viz kmwtq wrqdlp, Ivfn-Wano Tuypil, upwqhthl: "Zw wuokqlqmu tzj naguridn tp esu szgjl fgvl txgq ypvrswkm ngjmlxv vhu yvmfuea, fj uzvc ohqf vd mifse mh dtu o phpgsuokvhu zqwr tudjx sbz jfisy nzcmqper jq johfqoj iff yvtole, plaewm sfsf dfwygpxp qqobxi lu p phmq tr 'fflzu' fwuw dyijqgeu. Chezwojt qu snbxckqgb usqchstbc, iga ag yixzwmq gp fnhh yf dx xliief, hwnpuq acyv oa wodedr dj djr ckwodobsww gplsjff."
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