Time-lapse of the zebrafish embryo with an overlaid rigidity network based on rigidity percolation theory (VIDEO)

Institute of Science and Technology Austria

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A time-lapse movie of the zebrafish embryo with an overlaid rigidity network based on rigidity percolation theory. The abrupt reduction in the size of the biggest rigid cluster (purple) marks the fluidization and phase transition at the onset of morphogenesis.

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© Nicoletta Petridou, Bernat Corominas-Murtra, IST Austria

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