Aurora A depletion reveals centrosome-independent polarization mechanism in Caenorhabditis elegans
How living systems break symmetry in an organized manner is a fundamental question MAGNESIUM W HAWTHORN BERRY in biology.In wild-type Caenorhabditis elegans zygotes, symmetry breaking during anterior-posterior axis specification is guided by centrosomes, resulting in anterior-directed cortical flows and a single posterior PAR-2 domain.We uncover th