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    1. Developmental Biology
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    Embryo polarity in moth flies and mosquitoes relies on distinct old genes with localized transcript isoforms

    Yoseop Yoon, Jeff Klomp ... Urs Schmidt-Ott
    Isoform-specific transcript localization underlies the evolutionary diversity of anterior axis determinants in embryos of dipteran insects.
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    Mechanically activated piezo channels modulate outflow tract valve development through the Yap1 and Klf2-Notch signaling axis

    Anne-Laure Duchemin, Hélène Vignes, Julien Vermot
    High resolution in vivo imaging of the zebrafish heart morphogenesis allows quantitative testing of the impact of stretch sensitive channels during outflow tract valve development.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Evolutionary emergence of Hairless as a novel component of the Notch signaling pathway

    Steven W Miller, Artem Movsesyan ... James W Posakony
    Hairless emerged as an evolutionarily novel regulatory protein that replaced an ancestral paradigm of direct co-repressor recruitment by Suppressor of Hairless, its partner transcription factor in the Notch signaling pathway.
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    An autoregulatory cell cycle timer integrates growth and specification in chick wing digit development

    Joseph Pickering, Kavitha Chinnaiya, Matthew Towers
    A cell cycle timing mechanism similar to one operating in cultured adult oligodendrocyte progenitor cells controls the growth and patterning of the embryonic chick wing bud.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Size control of the inner ear via hydraulic feedback

    Kishore R Mosaliganti, Ian A Swinburne ... Sean G Megason
    Size regulation of the otic vesicle, the progenitor of the inner ear, is mediated by mechanical feedback involving fluid influx, hydraulic pressure, and tissue mechanics.
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    An RNAi screen unravels the complexities of Rho GTPase networks in skin morphogenesis

    Melanie Laurin, Nicholas C Gomez ... Elaine Fuchs
    An unprecedented large-scale screen in mice for morphogenetic regulators of tissue development provides major new insights into the roles of Rho GTPases in diverse array of skin developmental processes.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    The NKCC1 antagonist bumetanide mitigates interneuronopathy associated with ethanol exposure in utero

    Alexander GJ Skorput, Stephanie M Lee ... Hermes H Yeh
    Prenatal ethanol exposure results in aberrant tangential migration by altering NKCC1-mediated chloride homeostasis that can be mitigated by bumetanide.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Casein kinase 1 family proteins promote Slimb-dependent Expanded degradation

    Alexander D Fulford, Maxine V Holder ... Paulo S Ribeiro
    The tissue growth controlling Hippo signalling pathway is modulated by the activity of the Casein Kinase 1 family, which regulates the protein stability of the upstream Hippo pathway component Expanded.
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    NEIL1 and NEIL2 DNA glycosylases protect neural crest development against mitochondrial oxidative stress

    Dandan Han, Lars Schomacher ... Christof Niehrs
    NEIL DNA glycosylases are required to counteract oxidative base damages within the mitochondrial genome to safeguard neural crest cell differentiation.
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    Mamo decodes hierarchical temporal gradients into terminal neuronal fate

    Ling-Yu Liu, Xi Long ... Tzumin Lee
    Neuronal diversity is expanded by a temporal fating paradigm utilizing hierarchical gene regulation.