Abstract:Cell motility is a key feature of tissue morphogenesis, and it is thought to be driven primarily by the active migration of individual cells or collectives. However, this model is unlikely to apply to cells lacking overt cytoskeletal, stable cell-cell or cell-cell adhesions, and molecular polarity, such as mesenchymal cells. Here, by combining a novel imaging pipeline with biophysical modeling, we discover that during skull morphogenesis, a self-generated collagen gradient expands a population of osteoblasts t… Show more
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