Main description:

This book presents some of the most advanced experimental systems in which the role of forces has been dissected. It explores the physical principles accounting for how forces can affect soft matter such as our cells, and presents some of the methods used to measure or assess the role of forces.

Contents:

Preface
Michel Labouesse

Experimental Evidence for the Geometric Clutch Hypothesis
Charles B. Lindemann

From cilia hydrodynamics to zebrafish embryonic development
Willy Supatto and Julien Vermot

Spontaneous mechanical oscillations: implications for developing organisms
Karsten Kruse and Daniel Riveline

Cortical forces in cell shape changes and tissue morphogenesis
Matteo Rauzi and Pierre-Francois Lenne

Tension and epithelial morphogenesis in Drosophila early embryos
Claire M Lye and Benedicte Sanson

Cell sorting in development
Gabby Krens and Carl-Philipp Heisenberg

Embryo-mechanics: balancing force-production with elastic resistance during morphogenesis
Lance A. Davidson

Mechanotransduction in Development

Emmanuel Farge