Left–right symmetry of zebrafish embryos requires somite surface tension

The body axis of vertebrate embryos is periodically segmented into bilaterally symmetric pairs of somites 1 , 2 . The anteroposterior length of somites, their position and left–right symmetry are thought to be molecularly determined before somite morphogenesis 3 , 4 . Here we show that, in zebrafish...

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