Abstract

How does tissue elongation occur? A recent paper identifies a new mechanism: elongation of the Caenorhabditis elegans hermaphrodite gonad is driven by pressure from proliferating germ cells confined within a tube. The distal tip cell, which caps the tube, remodels the extracellular matrix and adjusts cell-matrix adhesion to guide the way.

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