Growth in Muscle Layers Causes Wrinkling (IMAGE)

Harvard University

Growth in Muscle Layers Causes Wrinkling

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The wrinkling of the inner gut, Harvard researchers found, is intimately linked to the stages of muscle layer differentiation, which produce a series of different physical stresses.

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Courtesy of L. Mahadevan and <i>Science</i>/AAAS.

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