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A 3D cell shape found in sheets and tubes

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Sheets of cells called epithelia can curve into tubes in embryos. Modelling and in vivo observations reveal that cells in the tube adopt an asymmetric cell shape dubbed scutoid, contrary to some previous assumptions.

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Nature

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1476-4687

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Springer Nature

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