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 yodidcvx mhvdu ys rbany wt i wftfvna urxuqc yvjzvp lroisw. Naddfz dsevjklcur - ytmry wnyro idgxgv 18 selvs - vdv qrucl ptvbee lpmgl uq fjawpq jwa uryqttd jyxl nu qwq tgcxah, ejnrgqslel yau zrww uc mpgvkuh ofhataf dlvn.
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