Apical extracellular matrix regulates fold morphogenesis in the <i>Drosophila</i> wing disc
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Abstract
Summary Tissue folding is a fundamental process occurring in animal organ development. Here, we study the progression of fold shape and the underlying mechanics in the development of the Drosophila wing disc. We present a 3D segmentation of the apical surface of the wing disc proper from larval stages, when folds grow, to early pupariation, when the tissue unfolds and remodels into a bilayer. We establish morphological metrics to quantify and resolve fold shape, introducing a definition of fold depth and width that can be used to characterize folds on a curved surface. Furthermore, we identify fibrous extracellular matrix on the apical side (aECM) that physically connects the two opposing sides of the folds. By modeling a tissue fold with a lateral vertex model endowed by an adhesive layer representing the aECM, we predict that unfolding in the wing disc is preceded by the removal of aECM. Using genetic perturbations, we confirm that aECM adhesion affects fold stability and mechanics: loss of aECM leads to abnormal fold shape and unfolding dynamics, whereas failure to remove aECM at pupariation inhibits unfolding. Finally, we show that these aECM perturbations in larval stages cause morphological phenotypes in the adult wing, demonstrating that the morphology of the wing disc folds and their dynamics help to define adult wing shape. In total, our work establishes a key mechanical role for aECM in wing disc growth and morphogenesis and advances our understanding of how epithelial tissue folds can be mechanically stabilized during development.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.002 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
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