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res:
  bibo_abstract:
  - Embryo morphogenesis is impacted by dynamic changes in tissue material properties,
    which have been proposed to occur via processes akin to phase transitions (PTs).
    Here, we show that rigidity percolation provides a simple and robust theoretical
    framework to predict material/structural PTs of embryonic tissues from local cell
    connectivity. By using percolation theory, combined with directly monitoring dynamic
    changes in tissue rheology and cell contact mechanics, we demonstrate that the
    zebrafish blastoderm undergoes a genuine rigidity PT, brought about by a small
    reduction in adhesion-dependent cell connectivity below a critical value. We quantitatively
    predict and experimentally verify hallmarks of PTs, including power-law exponents
    and associated discontinuities of macroscopic observables. Finally, we show that
    this uniform PT depends on blastoderm cells undergoing meta-synchronous divisions
    causing random and, consequently, uniform changes in cell connectivity. Collectively,
    our theoretical and experimental findings reveal the structural basis of material
    PTs in an organismal context.@eng
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Nicoletta
      foaf_name: Petridou, Nicoletta
      foaf_surname: Petridou
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=2A003F6C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
    orcid: 0000-0002-8451-1195
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Bernat
      foaf_name: Corominas-Murtra, Bernat
      foaf_surname: Corominas-Murtra
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=43BE2298-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
    orcid: 0000-0001-9806-5643
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Carl-Philipp J
      foaf_name: Heisenberg, Carl-Philipp J
      foaf_surname: Heisenberg
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=39427864-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
    orcid: 0000-0002-0912-4566
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Edouard B
      foaf_name: Hannezo, Edouard B
      foaf_surname: Hannezo
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=3A9DB764-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
    orcid: 0000-0001-6005-1561
  bibo_doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.02.017
  bibo_issue: '7'
  bibo_volume: 184
  dct_date: 2021^xs_gYear
  dct_identifier:
  - UT:000636734000022
  dct_isPartOf:
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/0092-8674
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/1097-4172
  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: Elsevier@
  dct_title: Rigidity percolation uncovers a structural basis for embryonic tissue
    phase transitions@
  fabio_hasPubmedId: '33730596'
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