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"When the nuclei start to interact mechanically, both tissue mechanics and cellular ordering are not dictated by the cell surface, but rather controlled by the nucleus itself," Campàs said.

When the authors investigated size of the nucleus compared to that of cells in eye and brain tissues in both experimental and theoretical settings, they found that if the nucleus was taking much of ...