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When did our flexible and lubricated joints evolve?

Posted by , on 30 April 2025

[Behind the paper story of “Synovial joints were present in the common ancestor of jawed fish but lacking in jawless fish”.] Synovial joints are marvels of biological evolution where two ...

Re-growing adult organs: mothers do it best

Posted by , on 30 April 2025

Tomotsune Ameku tells the story behind the paper "Growth of the maternal intestine during reproduction"

Of TOR and Tide: Metabolism Beyond the Model #MetabolismMondays

Posted by , on 28 April 2025

All the world’s a metabolic dance, and we are merely moving to the rhythm ! Emerging perspectives in metabolism This week we will get to know insights from Dr. Eudald ...

All the world's a metabolic dance, and we are merely moving to the rhythm!

Posted by , on 25 April 2025

Emerging perspectives in metabolism. #MetabolismMondays begin on April 28th 2025.

Unexpected role of β-catenin signaling in germ layer specification

Posted by , on 31 March 2025

'Show and tell' post from Tatiana Lebedeva and Grigory Genikhovich about their latest paper on the embryonic development of the sea anemone.

Postnatal neurodevelopment: Inside out or the reverse?

Posted by , on 12 March 2025

The people behind the papers – Juan Yang and Xuanmao Chen In mammalian embryos, brains develop from the inside out, with younger neurons moving to the outer layers in a ...

Fish, Frogs, Friends, Lend me your Ears.

Posted by , on 6 March 2025

Humans and other tetrapods evolved from aquatic fish. In making this leap, tetrapods evolved lungs to breathe air and lost respiratory gills. It is tempting to intuit that lungs evolved ...

February in preprints

Posted by , on 4 March 2025

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints. The preprints this month are hosted on bioRxiv – use these links below to get to ...

The Arterial Maze: Unveiling the Origin of Pial Collaterals in Mouse Brain

Posted by , on 19 February 2025

Written by Swarnadip Ghosh & Soumyashree Das Behind the Paper Story of “Development of pial collaterals by extension of pre-existing artery tips” What we do and how we do it? ...

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