Developmental Biology

Developmental Biology

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    1. Developmental Biology

    SRSF2 is a key player in orchestrating the directional migration and differentiation of MyoD progenitors during skeletal muscle development

    Rula Sha, Ruochen Guo ... Ying Feng
    Genetic mouse models combined with single-cell RNA sequencing reveal the essential role of SRSF2 in directing MyoD progenitors to distinct skeletal muscle domains and controlling their differentiation through the regulation of targeted genes and alternative splicing during skeletal muscle development.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Early moderate prenatal alcohol exposure and maternal diet impact offspring DNA methylation across species

    Mitchell Bestry, Alexander N Larcombe ... David Martino
    Early moderate consumption of alcohol in pregnancy was sufficient to disrupt the fetal epigenome in newborn mice, and high folate maternal diets had a mitigating effect.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    UPRER–immunity axis acts as physiological food evaluation system that promotes aversion behavior in sensing low-quality food

    Pengfei Liu, Xinyi Liu, Bin Qi
    The cellular stress response pathway helps animals evaluate food quality and regulate feeding behavior to adapt in nutrient-deficient environments.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Medicine

    The conserved genetic program of male germ cells uncovers ancient regulators of human spermatogenesis

    Rion Brattig Correia, Joana M Almeida ... Paulo Navarro-Costa
    1. Developmental Biology

    Reorganization of the Flagellum Scaffolding Induces a Sperm Standstill During Fertilization

    Martina Jabloñski, Guillermina M Luque ... Mariano G Buffone

Highlights

    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    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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