Forces and tension in development /

• Corporate Author: Society for Developmental Biology
• Other Authors: Labouesse, Michel
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, 2011.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Current topics in developmental biology ; v. 95.
• Subjects: Cells > Mechanical properties.; Developmental biology.; Electronic books.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi pages, [4] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color).
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9780123850652; 0123850657

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. 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. Appeals to both physicists eager to get familiar with biological systems, and to biologists curious about the physical principles behind what they observe.