Developmental Biology

Developmental Biology

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    1. Developmental Biology

    Single-Cell Characterization of Anterior Segment Development: Cell Types, Pathways, and Signals Driving Formation of the Trabecular Meshwork and Schlemm’s Canal

    Revathi Balasubramanian, Nicholas Tolman ... Simon WM John
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    1. Developmental Biology

    Rtf1-dependent transcriptional pausing regulates cardiogenesis

    Adam D Langenbacher, Fei Lu ... Jau-Nian Chen
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    1. Developmental Biology

    The Drosophila EGF domain protein Uninflatable sets the switch between wrapping glia growth and axon wrapping instructed by Notch

    Marie Baldenius, Steffen Kautzmann ... Christian Klämbt
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Superoxide Dismutases maintain niche homeostasis in stem cell populations

    Olivia Majhi, Aishwarya Chhatre ... Devanjan Sinha
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    1. Developmental Biology

    The livebearers platyfish and swordtails partially regenerate their hearts with persistent scarring

    Vincent Hisler, Lana Rees ... Anna Jaźwińska
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    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    From Syllables to Words: EEG Evidence of Different Age Trajectories in Speech Tracking and Statistical Learning in Infants at High and Low Likelihood for Autism

    Michel Godel, Ana Fló ... Marie Schaer
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    1. Developmental Biology

    ANKEF1 is a key axonemal component essential for murine sperm motility and male fertility

    Shuntai Yu, Guoliang Yin ... Fengchao Wang
    ANKEF1 stabilizes the sperm axoneme by reinforcing the nexin–dynein regulatory complex, revealing a mechanical buffering mechanism essential for flagellar integrity and male fertility.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

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

    Gary PT Choi, Chunzi Liu ... L Mahadevan
    Physical gel models and numerical simulations have been created to study ferret brain gyrification and cortical malformations, while comparisons with human phenotypes aim to link genetics and brain morphogenesis.
    1. Developmental Biology

    Dorsoventral-mediated Shh induction is required for axolotl limb regeneration

    Sakiya Yamamoto, Saya Furukawa ... Akira Satoh
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    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Cell cycle-dependent cues regulate temporal patterning of the Drosophila central brain neural stem cells

    Gonzalo N Morales Chaya, Mubarak Hussain Syed
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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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