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New phenotype screen examines causes of neonatal death

Posted by , on 4 October 2016

This post first appeared on Annotations, the DMDD blog (blog.dmdd.org.uk). Around a third of targeted gene knockouts in mice are embryonic-lethal. But not all deaths occur during gestation – a ...

Would peer review work better if reviewers talked to each other? An interview for Retraction Watch

Posted by , on 21 September 2016

As you may have seen, we at Development have recently announced a change to our peer review process, introducing a cross-referee commenting step. This should be in place within the ...

Gene regulation, evolution and the exploitation of new habitats

Posted by , on 21 September 2016

Changes in body organ morphology have allowed animals to better exploit diverse habitats. As organ morphology is under genetic control, genetic modifications provide the basis for the wide range of ...

Introducing cross-referee commenting in peer review

Posted by , on 31 August 2016

This Editorial originally appeared in Development, Vol 143, Issue 17. Olivier Pourquié and Katherine Brown   At Development, we are always trying to improve our processes and service – for authors ...

Exciting news on neural stem cell niches: stunning research from Fiona Doetsch's lab

Posted by , on 26 August 2016

http://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S1934-5909(16)30163-1 Sense & Sensibility: niche signals regulate neural stem cells in an age-dependent manner paper feature by Thomas Schwarz-Romond Tissue specific stem cell niches provide lifelong support for adult stem ...

The Zika Virus and Systematic Screens of Mouse Mutations

Posted by , on 14 July 2016

  This post was originally published on the DMDD blog.     The Zika virus has raised global awareness of birth defects more than at any time in the last ...

“People in this country have had enough of experts”

Posted by , on 2 July 2016

I woke up this morning to a Facebook reminder of where I was 5 years ago. I was in Lille, France, on a 2 month sabbatical at Université Lille 1 ...

YEN 2016 review

Posted by , on 26 June 2016

My informal review of YEN this year is by necessity a bit rushed but, for what it is, here it is. Most reviews are very short and pithy/jealous and only ...

Hello from Aidan!

Posted by , on 14 June 2016

I’m happy to introduce myself as the Node’s new Community Manager, taking up the reins from Cat Vicente, who said goodbye recently, and left this unique site in great shape. ...

Sweetening with a pinch of salt: maximized Cas9 efficiency in zebrafish

Posted by , on 14 June 2016

  Alexa Burger, Mosimann lab, Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich, Switzerland. When I first heard about the “new” genome editing method in early 2013 called CRISPR-Cas9, I ...

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