Physical mechanisms shaping the Drosophila dorsoventral compartment boundary.

Aliee M, Röper JC, Landsberg KP, Pentzold C, Widmann TJ, Jülicher F, Dahmann C

Separating cells with distinct identities and fates by straight and sharp compartment boundaries is important for growth and pattern formation during animal development. The physical mechanisms shaping compartment boundaries, however, are not fully understood.