Actomyosin-mediated apical constriction promotes physiological germ cell death in C. elegans

• Tea Kohlbrenner,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Molecular Life Science PhD Program, University of Zürich and ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

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• Simon Berger,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

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• Ana Cristina Laranjeira,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Molecular Life Science PhD Program, University of Zürich and ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

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• Tinri Aegerter-Wilmsen,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

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• Laura Filomena Comi,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Molecular Life Science PhD Program, University of Zürich and ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

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• Andrew deMello,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

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• Alex Hajnal

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: alex.hajnal@mls.uzh.ch

  Affiliation Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4098-3721

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