Developmental Biology

Developmental Biology

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    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
    The zinc transporter Slc39a10/Zip10 is important for zinc homeostasis during fertilization and embryonic development in mice.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Anti-resonance in developmental signaling regulates cell fate decisions

    Samuel J Rosen, Olivier Witteveen ... Maxwell Z Wilson
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    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    The Fd4 transcription factor translates transient spatial cues in progenitors into long-term lineage identity

    Sen-Lin Lai, Chris Q Doe
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Developmental Biology

    Asynchronous mouse embryo polarization leads to heterogeneity in cell fate specification

    Adiyant Lamba, Meng Zhu ... Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz
    Mouse embryo cells undergo apical-basal polarization asynchronously at the 8-cell stage, and the timing of polarization influences subsequent lineage allocation.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Biophysical basis for brain folding and misfolding patterns in ferrets and humans

    Gary PT Choi, Chunzi Liu ... L Mahadevan
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    • Important
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    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

    Direct lineage conversion of postnatal mouse cortical astrocytes to oligodendrocyte lineage cells

    Justine Bajohr, Erica Y Scott ... Maryam Faiz
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    • Useful
    • Solid
    1. Developmental Biology

    Junctional and Actomyosin Dynamics Drive Endothelial Cell Rearrangements during Vascular Tube Formation

    Ludovico Maggi, Jianmin Yin ... Heinz-Georg Belting
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Characterisation of cell-scale signalling by the core planar polarity pathway during Drosophila wing development

    Alexandre Carayon, Helen Strutt, David Strutt
    Quantitative Drosophila pupal wing experiments support planar polarity depending on cell-scale signalling that does not involve depletion of a limited pool of core proteins or polarised transport on microtubules.
    1. Developmental Biology

    Endothelial Slit2 guides the Robo1-positive sympathetic innervation during heart development

    Juanjuan Zhao, Susann Bruche ... Mathilda TM Mommersteeg
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Ptbp1 is not required for retinal neurogenesis and cell fate specification

    Haley Appel, Rogger P Carmen-Orozco ... Seth Blackshaw
    Loss of function of Ptbp1 in retinal progenitors leads to changes in RNA splicing but does not affect neurogenesis and cell fate specification.
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    1. Developmental Biology

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    Wei Yan
    1. Developmental Biology
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    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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