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When it first starts to develop, the heart is a simple tube. Researchers have now described how it forms itself into a its characteristic S-shape and how the ventricles and atria finally develop.

The formation of the heart depends on critical signals exchanged between its two main layers: the myocardium (the muscle that powers the heartbeat) and the endocardium (the inner lining of the heart).

When it first starts to develop, the heart is a simple tube. Reporting in the journal Nature Communications, researchers at MDC have now described how it forms itself into a its characteristic S-shape ...