This is a course to discuss the latest advance in the field of cell and developmental biology using mice, Xenopus, Drosophila, and C elegans as model organisms.
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<br>(1)	Cell mixing induced by myc is required for competitive tissue invasion and destruction. NATURE, 2015, 524, 476.
<br>(2)	A self-organized biomechanical network drives shape changes during tissue morphogenesis. Nature, 2015, 524, 3 5 1
<br>(3)	Integrin Adhesions Suppress Syncytium Formation in the Drosophila Larval Epiderms. Current Biology, 2015, 25, 1–13.
<br>(4)	Endocytosis-dependent coordination of multiple actin regulators is required for wound healing.  J Cell Biol. 2015, 210, 419-433.
<br>(5)	Nanotubes mediate niche–stem-cell signalling in the Drosophila testis. Nature. 2015, 5 2 3, 3 2 9.
<br>(6)	Decrease in Cell Volume Generates Contractile Forces Driving Dorsal Closure.  Developmental Cell, 2015, 33, 611–621.
<br>(7)	Cytoskeletal Tension Inhibits Hippo Signaling through an Ajuba-Warts Complex..  Cell 2014, 158, 143–156.
<br>(8)	An instructive role for C. elegans E-cadherin in translating cell contact cues into cortical polarity. NATURE CELL BIOLOGY, 2015, 17, 726.
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