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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 24.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Biol. 2021 May 24;31(10):R667–R680. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.031

Table 3: Rupture forces required to break adhesions in cells from different germ layers of a vertebrate embryo.

Organism Germ layer Rupture force (pN μm−2) Citation
Zebrafish Endoderm 400 – 600 102
Mesoderm 700 – 1500
Ectoderm 1500 – 3000