Developmental Biology

Developmental Biology

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    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Plant Biology

    Alternative splicing of PIF4 regulates plant development under heat stress

    María Niño-González, Benjamin Alary ... Guiomar Martín
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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
    Fd4 is expressed in NB7-1 and new-born progeny where it activates terminal selector genes to produce lineage-specific neurons.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    ANTIPODE Provides a Global View of Cell Type Homology and Transcriptomic Divergence in the Developing Mammalian Brain

    Matthew T Schmitz, Jingwen W Ding ... Alex A Pollen
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    1. Developmental Biology

    Dual Inhibition of MYRF Cleavage by Its JM Region and PAN-1 CCT Gates Developmental Timing in C. elegans

    Zhimin Xu, Xiaoting Feng ... Yingchuan B Qi
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    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    HEB collaborates with TCR signaling to upregulate Id3 and enable γδT17 cell maturation in the fetal thymus

    Johanna S Selvaratnam, Juliana Dutra Barbosa da Rocha ... Michele K Anderson
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    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Ripply1 and Gsc collectively suppress anterior endoderm differentiation from prechordal plate progenitors

    Tao Cheng, Xiang Liu ... Peng-Fei Xu
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    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
    A comprehensive toolkit enables genome-wide, recombinase-independent mosaic analysis in Drosophila, permitting clonal analysis of pericentromeric genes, deficiency chromosomes, and interspecific hybrids previously inaccessible to standard methods.
    1. Developmental Biology

    Mouse germline cysts contain a fusome-like structure that mediates oocyte development

    Madhulika Pathak, Allan C Spradling
    Mammalian oocytes utilize a conserved combination of cell cycle control, cytoskeletal organization, and polarity pathways that are fundamentally shared with other vertebrates and invertebrates.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Nup107 is a crucial regulator of torso-mediated metamorphic transition in Drosophila melanogaster

    Jyotsna Kawadkar, Pradyumna Ajit Joshi, Ram Kumar Mishra
    Y-complex nucleoporin, Nup107, can regulate ecdysone production by affecting the transcription of Halloween genes and levels of RTK receptor, torso, for the metamorphic transition from larva to pupa.

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