Developmental Biology

Developmental Biology

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    1. Developmental Biology

    Mac/Lac-tosylceramide regulates intestinal homeostasis and secretory cell fate commitment by facilitating Notch signaling

    Kebei Tang, Xuewen Li ... Rongwen Xi
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    • Solid
    1. Developmental Biology

    Mesenchymal Meis2 controls whisker development independently from trigeminal sensory innervation

    Mehmet Mahsum Kaplan, Erika Hudacova ... Ondrej Machon
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Activity-dependent synapse elimination requires caspase-3 activation

    Zhou Yu, Andrian Gutu ... Erin K O’Shea
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Convincing
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

    Single-cell RNA sequencing of the holothurian regenerating intestine reveals the pluripotency of the coelomic epithelium

    Joshua G Medina-Feliciano, Griselle Valentín-Tirado ... José E Garcia-Arraras
    The intestinal coelomic epithelium provides dedifferentiated precursor cell populations that drive the adult holothurian intestinal regeneration.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Rediscovering the rete ovarii, a secreting auxiliary structure to the ovary

    Dilara N Anbarci, Jennifer McKey ... Blanche Capel
    The rete ovarii is a complex secretory structure that may play an important role in ovarian homeostasis.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Ovarian Biology: Revisiting the rete ovarii

    Yan Zhang, Hua Zhang
    Long thought to have little relevance to ovarian physiology, the rete ovarii may have a role in follicular dynamics and reproductive health.
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    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    Ezh2 Delays Activation of Differentiation Genes During Normal Cerebellar Granule Neuron Development and in Medulloblastoma

    James Purzner, Alexander S Brown ... Matthew P Scott
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    1. Developmental Biology

    Pu.1/Spi1 dosage controls the turnover and maintenance of microglia in zebrafish and mammals

    Yi Wu, Weilin Guo ... Tao Yu
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Compelling
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Rudhira-mediated microtubule stability controls TGFβ signaling during mouse vascular development

    Divyesh Joshi, Preeti Jindal ... Maneesha S Inamdar
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Developmental Biology

    Spatial transcriptomics in the adult Drosophila brain and body

    Jasper Janssens, Pierre Mangeol ... Frank Schnorrer
    Spatial transcriptomics of adult Drosophila brain and body sections determined the spatial expression for 150 genes, which identified the locations of unknown neuronal cell types and transcriptional diversity within muscle.
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Highlights

    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Rethinking ovarian biology

    Yan Zhang, Hua Zhang
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Exploring arterial enhancers

    Guillermo Luxán
    1. Developmental Biology

    Special Issue: Reproductive health

    Wei Yan

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