Developmental Biology

Developmental Biology

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    1. Developmental Biology

    Contribution of the epididymis beyond fertilization: relevance of CRISP1 and CRISP3 for sperm DNA integrity and early embryo development

    Valeria Sulzyk, Ludmila Curci ... Patricia S Cuasnicu
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    1. Developmental Biology

    Probing metazoan polyphosphate biology using Drosophila reveals novel and conserved polyP functions

    Sunayana Sarkar, Harsha Sharma ... Manish Jaiswal
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    The full length BEND2 protein is dispensable for spermatogenesis but required for setting the ovarian reserve in mice

    Yan Huang, Nina Bucevic ... Ignasi Roig
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    1. Developmental Biology

    Receptor tyrosine kinases CAD96CA and FGFR1 function as the cell membrane receptors of insect juvenile hormone

    Yan-Xue Li, Xin-Le Kang ... Xiao-Fan Zhao
    The cell membrane receptors of juvenile hormone, CAD96CA and FGFR1, regulate the genomic effects of juvenile hormone by phosphorylating intracellular receptor.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Dual role of FOXG1 in regulating gliogenesis in the developing neocortex via the FGF signalling pathway

    Mahima Bose, Ishita Talwar ... Shubha Tole
    Foxg1 regulates gliogenesis in the mouse neocortex by modulating FGF signalling and integrating intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms to ensure a balanced production of neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes in the brain.
    1. Developmental Biology

    A comparative analysis of planarian regeneration specificity reveals tissue polarity contributions of the axial cWnt signalling gradient

    James P Cleland, Hanh T.-K Vu ... Jochen C Rink
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

    GATA6 regulates WNT and BMP programs to pattern precardiac mesoderm during the earliest stages of human cardiogenesis

    Joseph A Bisson, Miriam Gordillo ... Todd Evans
    Differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells mutant for one GATA6 gene can model developmental heart defects seen in some patients with congenital heart disease.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Transcriptional Dynamics Uncover the Role of BNIP3 in Mitophagy during Muscle Remodeling in Drosophila

    Hiroki Taoka, Tadayoshi Murakawa ... Naonobu Fujita
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    1. Developmental Biology

    3D Reconstruction of Neuronal Allometry and Neuromuscular Projections in Asexual Planarians Using Expansion Tiling Light Sheet Microscopy

    Jing Lu, Hao Xu ... Kai Lei
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Solid
    1. Developmental Biology

    A systematic review and embryological perspective of pluripotent stem cell-derived autonomic postganglionic neuron differentiation for human disease modelling

    Thomas A Bos, Elizaveta Polyakova ... Monique RM Jongbloed
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    1. Developmental Biology

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    Yufei Wu, Sean X Sun
    1. Developmental Biology
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    Maria I Lazaro-Pena, Carlos A Diaz-Balzac
    1. Developmental Biology

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    The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China
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    New York University, United States
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    Buck Institute for Research on Aging, United States
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