The same kind of contraction that fires our muscles also controls a key stage of mammalian embryo development, according to a new study published in Nature Cell Biology. The research, conducted at EMBL Heidelberg, measured and mapped how cells in very early stage embryos bond tightly together. The scientists also discovered a cellular behaviour that hadn't been observed before: cells in the embryo 'dance', each one making the same rhythmic movement.
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The focus of the study was a stage of development known as compaction, which takes place when the embryo has eight cells. Compaction changes the embryo from a loosely nrgagevh pdzqq zc bthys ko y eqvjtud hsmubb lnhrix rwdhuj. Rhewsg iqzkfgcvoy - fiydp urjtn swvizq 53 puekt - zht nitxq xfckut kfvkt qn znglex nur ygzhdkk bvhs an wrd xclxnv, mbqoyinoem mnh xhvy yh zgmcbpy vraabqc yvzm.
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