The Syncytial Drosophila Embryo as a Mechanically Excitable Medium

• Timon Idema,

  Current address: Department of Bionanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

  Affiliation Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Julien O. Dubuis,

  Affiliation Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Louis Kang,

  Affiliation Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• M. Lisa Manning,

  Affiliation Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America

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• Philip C. Nelson,

  Affiliation Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Tom C. Lubensky,

  Affiliation Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Andrea J. Liu

  * E-mail: ajliu@sas.upenn.edu

  Affiliation Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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