Developmental Biology

Developmental Biology

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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    A novel 3D visualization method in mice identifies the periportal lamellar complex (PLC) as a key regulator of hepatic ductal and neuronal branching morphogenesis

    Tongtong Xu, Fujun Cao ... Chengjian Zhao
    A high-resolution 3D imaging platform reveals the periportal lamellar complex as a novel structural feature in the mouse liver, regulating bile duct and nerve migration during fibrosis.
    1. Developmental Biology

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

    Ludovico Maggi, Jianmin Yin ... Heinz-Georg Belting
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Developmental Biology

    A single-cell transcriptomic atlas of inner ear morphogenesis in zebrafish

    Akankshi Munjal, Kalki Kukreja ... Ian A Swinburne
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    • Incomplete
    1. Developmental Biology

    Functional definition of the Drosophila airway progenitor field through overlapping compensatory regulators

    Ryo Matsuda, Chie Hosono ... Christos Samakovlis
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Developmental Biology

    HSD17B7 is required for the function of sensory hair cells by regulating cholesterol synthesis

    Yuqian Shen, Ziyang Wang ... Dong Liu
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    Tumors mimic the niche to inhibit neighboring stem cell differentiation

    Yang Zhang, Yuejia Wang ... Shaowei Zhao
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Important
    • Compelling
    • Incomplete
    1. Developmental Biology

    A stress-responsive morphogenetic program of the uterine epithelium safeguards the establishment of early pregnancy

    Chihiro Ishizawa, Shizu Aikawa ... Yasushi Hirota
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Developmental Biology

    A spatiotemporal transcriptomic atlas of the mouse placenta reveals glycogen cell-mediated metabolic support essential for fetal viability

    Yuting Fu, Xiaoqi Zeng ... Xiaodong Liu
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Prickle and Ror modulate Dishevelled-Vangl interaction to regulate non-canonical Wnt signaling during convergent extension in Xenopus

    Hwa-seon Seo, Deli Yu ... Jianbo Wang
    During convergent extension morphogenesis, non-canonical Wnt induces the signal transducer Dishevelled to transition from Vangl to Frizzled, a process that is inhibited by Prickle but facilitated by the co-receptor Ror.
    1. Developmental Biology

    Arrayed single-gene perturbations identify drivers of human anterior neural tube closure

    Roya E Huang, Giridhar M Anand ... Sharad Ramanathan
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Landmark
    • Exceptional
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    1. Developmental Biology

    Oocyte Development: The discovery of the mammalian fusome

    Michael Buszczak, Anirban Dasgupta
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Written out of history

    Lisa M Thomann, Julie Batut
    1. Developmental Biology

    Limb Patterning: The cellular logic of limb regeneration

    Matthew Cherubino, Catherine D McCusker

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    The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China
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    Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, India
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    Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital Boston, United States
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