Developmental Biology

Developmental Biology

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    1. Developmental Biology

    Contribution of the epididymis beyond fertilization: relevance of CRISP1 and CRISP3 for sperm DNA integrity and early embryo development

    Sulzyk Valeria, Curci Ludmila ... Patricia S Cuasnicu
    1. Developmental Biology

    Single-nucleus multiomics reveals the gene-regulatory networks underlying sex determination of murine primordial germ cells

    Adriana K. Alexander, Karina F. Rodriguez ... Humphrey Hung-Chang Yao
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Medicine

    The conserved genetic program of male germ cells uncovers ancient regulators of human spermatogenesis

    Rion Brattig Correia, Joana M. Almeida ... Paulo Navarro-Costa
    1. Developmental Biology

    The Alk receptor tyrosine kinase regulates Sparkly, a novel activity regulating neuropeptide precursor in the Drosophila CNS

    Sanjay Kumar Sukumar, Vimala Antonydhason ... Ruth H. Palmer
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

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

    Dilara N. Anbarci, Jennifer McKey ... Blanche Capel
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Semaphorin7A patterns neural circuitry in the lateral line of the zebrafish

    Agnik Dasgupta, Caleb C. Reagor ... A. J. Hudspeth
    1. Developmental Biology

    Cytoneme-mediated intercellular signaling in keratinocytes essential for epidermal remodeling

    Yi Wang, Qingan He ... Dae Seok Eom
    1. Developmental Biology

    Receptor tyrosine kinases CAD96CA and FGFR1 function as the cell membrane receptors of insect juvenile hormone

    Yan-Xue Li, Xin-Le Kang ... Xiao-Fan Zhao
    1. Developmental Biology

    FMNL2 regulates actin for endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria distribution in oocyte meiosis

    Meng-Hao Pan, Kun-Huan Zhang ... Shao-Chen Sun
    FMNL2 associates with Formin2 and Arp2/3 complex for actin assembly, which further regulates spindle migration and INF2/Cofilin-related organelle dynamics during mammalian oocyte maturation.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Spatiotemporal Changes in Netrin/Dscam1 Signaling Dictate Axonal Projection Direction in Drosophila Small Ventral Lateral Clock Neurons

    Jingjing Liu, Yuedong Wang ... Yao Tian
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Highlights

    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Morphogenesis and geometry

    Raphaël Clément
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Natural History of Model Organisms: E. coqui

    Sarah E Westrick, Mara Laslo, Eva K Fischer
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Imaging methods are vastly underreported

    Guillermo Marqués, Thomas Pengo, Mark A Sanders

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