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Mechanics drives cell differentiation

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Several hypotheses have been formulated to explain how cells make the first lineage decision during mammalian embryonic development. An overarching mechanism now unifies these disparate models. See Letter p.344

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  1. Berenika Plusa is in the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.,

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  2. Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis is in the Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA.,

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