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SUBMITTER: Anderson GA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5679461 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Anderson Graham A GA Gelens Lendert L Baker Julie C JC Ferrell James E JE
Cell reports 20171001 1
The early Xenopus laevis embryo is replete with dynamic spatial waves. One such wave, the cell division wave, emerges from the collective cell division timing of first tens and later hundreds of cells throughout the embryo. Here, we show that cell division waves do not propagate between neighboring cells and do not rely on cell-to-cell coupling to maintain their division timing. Instead, intrinsic variation in division period autonomously and gradually builds these striking patterns of cell divi ...[more]