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Michel Bagnat

Nanaline Duke Distinguished Professor
Cell Biology
Duke Box 3709, Durham, NC 27710
333B Nanaline Duke Building, Durham, NC 27710

Scholarly Works - Preprints


Hydrostatic pressure shapes and canalizes semicircular canal morphology to ensure vestibular function.

Preprint · July 23, 2026 How tissues acquire reproducible shapes to support their function is a fundamental question in developmental biology. Zebrafish semicircular canals form when epithelial pillars partition the lumen of the otic vesicle, the embryonic precursor of the inner e ... Full text Link to item Cite

Rediscovering the Rete Ovarii: a secreting auxiliary structure to the ovary

Preprint · May 20, 2024 AbstractThe rete ovarii (RO) is an appendage of the ovary that has been given little attention. Although the RO appears in drawings of the ovary in early versions of Gray’s Anatomy, it disappeared from recent textb ... Full text Cite