Developmental Biology

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    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Removal of developmentally regulated microexons has a minimal impact on larval zebrafish brain morphology and function

    Caleb CS Calhoun, Mary ES Capps ... Summer B Thyme
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    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    The oocyte zinc transporter Slc39a10/Zip10 is a regulator of zinc sparks during fertilization in mice

    Atsuko Kageyama, Narumi Ogonuki ... Junya Ito
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Useful
    • Solid
    1. Developmental Biology

    Extracellular adenosine deamination primes tip organizer development in Dictyostelium

    Pavani Hathi, Baskar Ramamurthy
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    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

    Spatial and longitudinal tracking of enhancer-AAV vectors that target transgene expression to injured mouse myocardium

    David W Wolfson, Joshua A Hull ... Kenneth D Poss
    Bioluminescence imaging in live mice was used to assess the abilities of systemically introduced adeno-associated viral capsids containing enhancer regulatory sequences to target transgene expression to myocardial injuries.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Gene regulatory mechanisms guiding bifurcation of inhibitory and excitatory neuron lineages in the mouse anterior brainstem

    Sami Kilpinen, Lassi Virtanen ... Juha Partanen
    Changes of the chromatin structure suggests how the fate selector transcription factors are activated and how they guide differentiation of GABAergic and glutamatergic neurons in the anterior brainstem.
    1. Developmental Biology

    A cell atlas of the developing human outflow tract of the heart and its adult derivatives

    Rotem Leshem, Syed Murtuza Baker ... Nicoletta Bobola
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Dissecting infant leukemia developmental origins with a hemogenic gastruloid model

    Denise Ragusa, Chun Wai Suen ... Cristina Pina
    The hemogenic gastruloid model of embryonic blood development captures multi-wave haematopoiesis and enables interrogation of infant leukaemia cell-of-origin.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

    Branched actin polymerization drives invasive protrusion formation to promote myoblast fusion during skeletal muscle regeneration

    Yue Lu, Tezin Walji ... Elizabeth H Chen
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    A genome-wide MAGIC kit for recombinase-independent mosaic analysis in Drosophila

    Yifan Shen, Ann T Yeung ... Chun Han
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Developmental Biology

    Sp Transcription Factors Establish the Signaling Environment in the Neuromesodermal Progenitor Niche During Axial Elongation

    Ravindra B Chalamalasetty, Haley Tran ... Terry P Yamaguchi
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Fundamental
    • Compelling
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    1. Developmental Biology
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    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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