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Nature Cell Biology 10, 375 - 377 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ncb0408-375

Sophistications of cell sorting

Jeremy B.A. Green1

  1. Jeremy B. A. Green is in the Department of Craniofacial Development, King's College, London, SE1 9RT, UK.
    e-mail: Jeremy.green@kcl.ac.uk


The self-sorting of early embryonic cells is mediated not only by pure differential adhesion but also involves other processes. Direct force measurements reveal the role of cell-cortical tension, whereas epithelial-wrapping dominates the sorting of enclosed mesenchymal cells.

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