Physical organogenesis of the gut

• Published in: Development (Cambridge) Vol. 149; no. 16
• Main Author: Chevalier, Nicolas R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Company of Biologists 15.08.2022
• Subjects: Biological Physics; Biomechanics; Development Biology; Embryology and Organogenesis; Life Sciences; Mechanics; Morphogenesis; Physics

The gut has been a central subject of organogenesis since Caspar Friedrich Wolff’s seminal 1769 work ‘De Formatione Intestinorum’. Today, we are moving from a purely genetic understanding of cell specification to a model in which genetics codes for layers of physical–mechanical and electrical proper...