Developmental Biology

Developmental Biology

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    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Glia regulate local retinoic acid levels to specify neuronal specialisation for high-acuity vision

    Manuela Lahne, Roxana Lungu ... Ryan B MacDonald
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    1. Developmental Biology

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

    Chihiro Ishizawa, Shizu Aikawa ... Yasushi Hirota
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Developmental Biology

    Wnt/beta-catenin signaling regulates Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) receptors in central nervous system endothelial cells

    Yanshu Wang, Ningyu Zhu ... Jeremy Nathans
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    • Incomplete
    1. Developmental Biology

    Svep1 orchestrates distal airway patterning and alveolar differentiation in murine lung development

    Nicole Foxworth, Julie Wells ... Maria Loscertales
    Genetic and functional analyses identify SVEP1 as an extracellular matrix regulator that coordinates airway branching, smooth muscle differentiation, and alveolar maturation during lung development.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Neurotrophin-3 produced by motor neurons non-cell autonomously regulates the development of pre-motor interneurons in the developing spinal cord

    Andrea Angla-Navarro, Ana Dominguez Bajo ... Frédéric Clotman
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    • Useful
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Krüppel Regulates Cell Cycle Exit and Limits Adult Neurogenesis of Mushroom Body Neural Progenitors in Drosophila

    Dongni Shao Chen, Jin Man ... Yuu Kimata
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    • Important
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    1. Developmental Biology

    Light-entrained chromatin priming poises rapid metamorphosis in a marine sponge

    Huifang Yuan, Oceane Blard ... Sandie M Degnan
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    • Fundamental
    • Compelling
    1. Developmental Biology

    Genome-wide discovery of cis-regulatory elements in a large genome

    Gillian Forbes, Emilia Skafida ... Mathilde Paris
    Integrating genome-wide maps of chromatin accessibility and sequence conservation provides an accessible low-cost approach for identifying cis-regulatory elements in large genomes, validated in the emerging model Parhyale.
    1. Developmental Biology

    Bidirectional redistribution of actomyosin drives epithelial invagination in ascidian siphon tube morphogenesis

    Jinghan Qiao, Pengyu Yu ... Bo Dong
    Bidirectional relocation of actomyosin as a novel mechanism drives invagination in developing organs.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    foxQ2 marks fast-acting interneurons including dopaminergic neurons of mushroom bodies and central complex in the beetle T. castaneum

    Ying Pang, Bastian Klußmann-Fricke ... Gregor Bucher
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    • Valuable
    • Convincing
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology
    Model of the heart. Image credit: Jesse Orrico (CC0)

    Following your heart as it takes shape

    Alexandra Trouilloud, Nicole C Dubois
    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

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