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Phase diagram of the 3D architecture of epithelial tissue, as a function of apical belt tension 
and lateral adhesion 
, for 
. The apical side is drawn in red and the basal side in blue. The apical side lines the interior of the sphere if 
, and the exterior is 
. We concentrate on the region 
: The curvature increases for increasing 
, either continuously or discontinuously (hatched regions). The epithelium is more columnar for high values of 
.
