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Sophistications of cell sorting

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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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Figure 1: Classical assays for cell sorting and apparent surface tension.
Figure 2: Direct measurement of cell adhesion and cell deformability with an atomic force microscope.

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

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