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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 9.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Biol. 2010 Aug 5;20(17):1499–1510. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.06.075

Figure 7. Model for a two-step invagination of ascidian endoderm.

Figure 7

red: 1P-myosin, light blue: 2P-myosin. Black arrows in Step 1 indicate mesectoderm resistance. Magenta arrows indicate apicobasal shortening and lateral spreading of mesectoderm (mechanism unknown), which may lower mesectoderm resistance.