Embryonic development is characterized by large cellular flows. The cells retain their positional information despite these flows thanks to an unjamming of cells that pull along jammed cells in a way that preserves initial tissue patterning.
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Tlili, S. Unjammed development. Nat. Phys. 18, 1400–1401 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01796-5
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