- NEWS FEATURE
The secret forces that squeeze and pull life into shape

Developing embryos, such as this zebrafish, rely on physical forces to sculpt them as they grow. Credit: Philipp Keller/HHMI Janelia Research Campus
Access options
Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals
Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription
$29.99 / 30 days
cancel any time
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 51 print issues and online access
$199.00 per year
only $3.90 per issue
Rent or buy this article
Prices vary by article type
from$1.95
to$39.95
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
Nature 589, 186-188 (2021)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00018-x
References
Schliffka, M. F. et al. Preprint at bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.10.291997 (2020).
Dumortier, J. G. et al. Science 365, 465–468 (2019).
Serwane, F. et al. Nature Methods 14, 181–186 (2017).
Mongera, A. et al. Nature 561, 401–405 (2018).
Zhang, S., Teng, X., Toyama, Y. & Saunders, T. E. Curr. Biol. 30, 3364–3377 (2020).
Koser D. E. et al. Nature Neurosci. 19, 1592–1598 (2016).
Thompson, A. J. et al. eLife 8, e39356 (2019).
Aragona, M. et al. Nature 584, 268–273 (2020).
Fiore, V. F. et al. Nature 585, 433–439 (2020).