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Table 2 Young's moduli obtained from the averaged experimental displacement field.

From: Bulk elastic properties of chicken embryos during somitogenesis

Subregion

Young's modulus (kPa)

midline

2.4 ± 0.1

intermediate

1.3 ± 0.1

area pellucida

2.1 ± 0.1

area opaca

11.9 ± 0.8

  1. Young's moduli obtained from the averaged experimental displacement field using the four-domain finite-element model. The RMS residual between the model displacement field and the averaged displacement field was 0.17 μm.