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epiboly

The expansion of one cell sheet over other cells or yolk. [GOC:dph, GOC:tb]
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2010
Review
2010
Zebrafish epiboly: mechanics and mechanisms.
Gastrulation involves of a series of coordinated cell movements to organize the germ layers and establish the major body axes of… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
The Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecule EpCAM Is Required for Epithelial Morphogenesis and Integrity during Zebrafish Epiboly and Skin Development
The aberrant expression of the transmembrane protein EpCAM is associated with tumor progression, affecting different cellular… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
The forces that shape embryos: physical aspects of convergent extension by cell intercalation
We discuss the physical aspects of the morphogenic process of convergence (narrowing) and extension (lengthening) of tissues by… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Gastrulation in zebrafish -- all just about adhesion?
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
E-cadherin is required for gastrulation cell movements in zebrafish
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
The zebrafish epiboly mutants.
Epiboly, the enveloping of the yolk cell by the blastoderm, is the first zebrafish morphogenetic movement. We isolated four… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Microtubule arrays of the zebrafish yolk cell: organization and function during epiboly.
In zebrafish (Danio rerio), meroblastic cleavages generate an embryo in which blastomeres cover the animal pole of a large yolk… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Ultraviolet irradiation impairs epiboly in zebrafish embryos: evidence for a microtubule-dependent mechanism of epiboly.
Early morphogenesis of the teleost embryo is characterized by three orchestrated cell movements. Epiboly leads to spreading of… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Cell movements during epiboly and gastrulation in zebrafish.
Beginning during the late blastula stage in zebrafish, cells located beneath a surface epithelial layer of the blastoderm undergo… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Contact relations, surface activity, and cortical microfilaments of marginal cells of the enveloping layer and of the yolk syncytial and yolk cytoplasmic layers of fundulus before and during epiboly.
Surface contour, contact relations, and cortical structure of marginal cells of the enveloping layer (EVL) and of the yolk… 
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