Why vertebrate intestines are so predictably loopy: Gut coils with help from its elastic neighbor
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 20:30
in Biology & Nature
Between conception and birth, the human gut grows more than two meters long, looping and coiling within the tiny abdomen. Within a given species, the developing vertebrate gut always loops into the same formation -- however, until now, it has not been clear why.